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Why software patents are a joke, literally
A former Sun/Oracle employee admits that developers created patents in a contest to see who could get the goofiest patent through the system. Now Oracle is using patents from the same folks as the…
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Overland Sues Firms Over Patents
San Diego-based tape backup and archive storage maker Overland Storage said Friday morning that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against three firms. According to Overland, it has filed suit against BDT AG and BDT-Solutions GmbH, both based in Germany, and BDT Products, Inc., based in Irvine. The firm said the suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District …
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‘Healthy bacon’ patents raise questions
Patent applications covering the enhancement of meat, including pork with omega-3 fatty acids, are stimulating debate over the ethics and legalities of claiming intellectual property over food.
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Java inventor says he filed goofy patents for fun
One of the inventors of the Java technology that Oracle is suing Google over has said that he and his team used to compete to file the silliest patents because the patent systems itself was so absurd.
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