Posted by: Ophir Tal in USPTO, software patent, Software, politics, Patents Opposition, Patents, Patently-O, Patentability, Patent Prosecution, Patent Legislation, patent, Internet Patent, intellectual property, cyberlaw, Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit, COMPUTER CONTROLLED SOFTWARE INTEGRATED INVENTIONS, claims, CAFC, blogging on
Jul 22, 2008
Prof. John F. Duffy analyses at Patently-O the probable position of the USPTO towards software patents as presented in a series of cases. Specifically, patentable subject matter must result in a physical transformation of an article that is tied to a particular machine. A general purpose computer may probably not be regarded as a particular machine, and data structures and numbers (e.g. webpage rankings) may probably neither be regarded as articles nor as being physically transformed. Well – some news for the software industry.
The analysis is recommended as being not only thorough but also quite easy to read.
Posted by: Eyval Aldema in politics, China on
Jun 01, 2008
Many internet based companies cooperate with the Chinese government in its efforts to limit the freedoms of the Chinese citizens.
Lately, EPIC, a US based civil rights organization, published that Cisco will be questioned by a senate subcommittee about an internal document that links Cisco with the Chinese governments' internet censorship policy.
In a interview for blogger Rebecca Mackinnon, confirm Terry Alberstein, director of corporate affairs, Cisco systems, that Cisco pamphlets promoting police surveillance equipment to the Chinese public security bureau were authentic and that Cisco does make business with the Chinese government but that all the equipment that is sold is legal and is not actually prohibited under the US Foreign relation authorization ACT.
I guess making money by
Posted by: Zeev Fisher in politics, law, Israel on
Feb 04, 2008
This post has nothing to do with IP. It has to do a little bit with innovation.
The Israel Parliament ("the knesset") held a special gathering addressing the recently published "Vinograd committee" report. This report found Prime Minister Olmert's conduct during the "Second Lebanon War" one of the reasons for what the committee defined as a "failure to overcome a small guerilla organization".
After Prime Minister Olmert, who is considered a true political surviver (not surprisingly) refused to resign after the report was published, the head of opposition, Bibi Netanyahu, former Israeli prime minister, discribed, in a rather innovative matter, Olmert's speech as "a speech of a lawyer, not
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