Notices by Carlo Piana (carlopiana) tagged swpats

Carlo Piana

Patents are here to stay? Well, maybe, but maybe not. Read an article on #swpats by my humble self: http://opensource.com/law/13/1/abolish-patents-too-soon-late http://opensource.com/law/13/1/abolish-patents-too-soon-late

Carlo Piana

Albeit with narrow language, Facebook, Google and others give strong and clear arguments against software patents #swpats http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-and-Facebook-join-forces-against-software-patents-1765431.html http://www.h-online.com/o... http://b1t.it/czmH

Carlo Piana

My good fellow Arnoud Engelfriet provides a quick and accurate recount on the story of #swpats in Europe. #mustread http://ipkitten.blogspot.be/2012/10/the-mess-that-is-european-software.html http://ipkitten.blogspot.be/2012/10/the-mess-that-is-european-software.html

Carlo Piana

Rob Tiller discusses Boldrin-Levine on software patents, reasons for abolition of #swpats are overwhelming http://opensource.com/law/12/10/should-software-patents-be-abolished#pollfield-4694-0 http://opensource.com/law/12/10/should-software-patents-be-abolished#pollfield-4694-0

Carlo Piana

Good explanation on why software is software (“as such”) even when run on a computer #swpats http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20121013192858600 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20121013192858600

Carlo Piana

Linux Day Milano OCT27. Will speak of #swpats! +Flavia Marzano +Italo Vignoli +fiorello cortiana et al. also featuring.

Carlo Piana

Pressure against #swpats now mainstream issue. At #if2012 ppl panicked when I said “abolition” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-can-stifle-competition.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimesbusiness

Carlo Piana

At #if2012 a very lively panel, with radically different views (but were they) on patents and #swpats

Carlo Piana

A quite accurate explanation of how lawyers screwed up the system #swpats  : http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2740 http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2740

Carlo Piana

Patent madness inches into mainstream in Italy too. #ipmaximalism #swpats http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2012/09/19/news/trafficanti_di_brevetti-42818019/ http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2012/09/19/news/trafficanti_di_brevetti-42818019/

Carlo Piana

Petition to preserve software exception to patent in NZ, with sensible suggestion, clear language. http://no.softwarepatents.org.nz/ #swpats http://no.softwarepatents.org.nz/

Carlo Piana

#swpats / tech patents madness recognition becomes mainstream, if even FT casts huge doubts on its sanity. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/ea9503c2-f0f9-11e1-89b2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2525k5ahh http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/ea9503c2-f0f9-11e1-89b2-00144fea... http://b1t.it/bZ6d

Carlo Piana

I have a new horror story about #swpats (and scientific research) that hit even before they are issued, but can’t tell about it, attorney privilege :-(

Carlo Piana

+Jan Wildeboer reminds me of Red Hat’s patent promise, which is a good yardstick: what’s your company’s stance on #swpats? http://www.redhat.com/footer/patent-promise.html http://www.redhat.com/footer/patent-promise.html

Carlo Piana

A clear example of how #swpats protect the problem, not the solution http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2012/07/apple-wins-another-major-iphone-ios-interface-patent.html #Apple (via +Florian Mueller) http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2... http://b1t.it/bMe3

Carlo Piana

Judge Posner says same things as anti #swpats, now that’s fun :-) http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8640IQ20120705?irpc=932

Carlo Piana

OIN, Innovator’s Patent Agreement are good moves in a short term tactic. Long term requires #swpats abolition.