Linux Defenders
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Group aims to defend Linux from bad patents

News Linux Defenders is asking the open source community to help find examples of prior art to fend off action based on poor-quality patents.

Thursday, February 05 2009 05:56 AM

Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Patent, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, IP, Linux Defenders, Linux Defenders Effort, prior art, software, Linux Community


'Linux Defenders' aim at Microsoft patents

News In the wake of Microsoft's settled suit against TomTom, open source advocates are stepping up an attempt to invalidate some of Redmond's patents.

Wednesday, April 29 2009 10:05 AM

Tags: Lawsuits, Copyright, Open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Red Hat Inc., TomTom, prior art, Open-source Community


Software patents hot topic at Microsoft event

News A Microsoft-hosted panel discussion on interoperability was interrupted when a member of a Linux user group raised questions on patent issues.

Wednesday, April 29 2009 07:21 PM

Tags: Open source, Patents, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Patent, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, software



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