Germany set to vote on the Unitary Patent Court (UPC), a proposal that would kill jobs and innovation in software. Open Letter to the Bundesrat: “Germany will violate 3 international agreements with the Unitary Patent” Dear Members of the Bundesrat, Tomorrow Friday 18 September 2020, the Bundesrat will be asked to ratify the Unitary Patent […]
In software-related areas, we advocate in favour of a more collaborative #patent regime, eliminating #swpats , fairer #copyright rules, a more equitable handling of #TradeSecrets, as well as the enlargement of public domain.
martiniturbide writes: WordLogic (patent troll) claims it has the rights of the concept of predictive text writing and went after the Wikimedia foundation. WordLogic offered a "discounted, lump sum fee of $30,000 in exchange for a paid-up one-time license," an easy win they thought, but Wikimedia fo...
Sites that speak for patent maximalists tell us that we should envy if not fear or mimic China's self-defeating patent scope, which basically welcomes patents on just about anything under the Sun