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hypocrites are most funny when caught…. Tim gained mainstream press when he called Amazon evil…. his company is more so.
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These are my links for November 19th from 20:41 to 21:48:
- GAO: urgent policy concerns for transition/new administration – Many of the urgent policy concerns identified here are critical and time sensitive and require prioritized federal action. They are issues that require a focus from the transition team and new administration because if they are not dealt with, they could have great implications for life, well being, or the confidence of citizens in government, or because they have key quickly approaching dates where a decision must be made or actions taken. Consequently, these issues are not necessarily the most important issues in the long term, but rather those that must be dealt with immediately.
Tags: design, intellectual property, management, politics, science, systems
3
Feb
Patents 2.0
IEEE Spectrum: Patents 2.0
Writing in Spectrum online, Lee Hollaar sugests “…. scrapping software patents altogether is not the solution. Instead, I propose that a new form of intellectual property be considered that gives reduced benefits in exchange for speedy protection.”
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Hollar’s suggestion is that showing that the technology had been independently created before the patentee’s first commercial use would be an absolute defense for a second party, but the patent would still be valid against others who couldnot show substantial developement of their product prior to the patented product’s introduction….
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Since
I resurrected this weblog I’ve been asked several times if there is any
rhyme or reason for the eclectic set of topics….
…well … yes!
Each section stands on its own but is related to the future of Complex Event Processing
in some way or another! In future posts, I’ll expound on these
relations and give some insights on how I hope the future will
unfold… in the meantime I thought I’d resurrect some of my earliest
posts (now almost a year old) on the raison de etre for each individual
topic group in this blog….
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13
Jan
A Brewing ….
SAN
FRANCISCO–A mysterious bidder paid $15.5 million in a bankruptcy court
auction of dozens of Internet-related patents–and then rushed out of
the courtroom.
An attorney representing the winning bidder (JGR Acquisitions)
dodged reporters’ questions as he rushed out of the court room at the
close of the auction. A document the company filed with the court was
scarce on information as well, so JGR’s business, its owners, its
location and its plans for the newly acquired patents all remain
mysteries.
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A news item on consortiuminfo.com (a site discussing intellectual property issues):
This Can’t be Good: Over the past year, there have
been a number of cases where patents have been asserted against core
technologies, raising not only concerns about the disruption that might occur as
a result of the patents asserted, but also over whether the patents should have
been granted at all …..
originally Posted to cep.weblogger.com by David Soul on 2/18/04; 11:48:06 PM
in the IP section.
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Although the FTC will release its full ruling this coming Monday the agency made its decision
known on Tuesday. …An earlier comment on this site re: Rambus troubles in Europe can be found here: Rambus being hit on all fronts - goto
originally Posted to cep.weblogger.com by David Soul on 2/18/04; 12:10:46 AM
in the IP section.
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13
Jan
Stop Predatory Patentees
Patent law’s requirement that a patent attorney be hired every time one becomes
aware of a patent that may relate to their activity is “irrational and
unjustifiably prejudicial,” The Public Patent Foundation (“PUBPAT”) told the USA’s foremost patent court in a
case argued early February.
Growing increasingly concerned that “holders of wrongly issued patents
on aspects of e-commerce, software and business methods are using the
threat of receiving enhanced damages to extort royalties where none are
justified,” PUBAT decided it needed to act.
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by Lawrence
Lessig (2001, 352 pages, Random House.)
I just finished reading this and must agree with the people that
have been insisting (including those who borrowed my copy before
I got to it!) that I give it a look that it is indeed a “Must
Read”.
Lessig examines the concept of the commons and goes on to argue that
the principle reason for the success of the world wide web is
that it is, at its very core, a commons. He then laments some of the
growing threats to this commons, and suggests remedial laws needed
to protect it.
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Foley & Lardner is an excellent source of
information on legal matters and industry trends. They regularly publish
and disseminate white papers, articles, surveys, studies, and
presentations on landmark subject matter.
This white paper (pdf) Crafting an Effective Patent Invalidity Opinion – Is It the Last Bastion of Defense? comes to the conclusion “In
a perfect world, an accused infringer should not have to rely solely on
an opinion of counsel to avoid a willfulness finding and/or enhanced
damages or attorneys’ fees. However, where such an opinion is a
company’s last bastion of defense, due care and consideration should be
taken on the drafter, format, substance, the content of the invalidity
defenses asserted, and the timing of when such an opinion is sought.”
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NASA image of the day
Experience Hubble's Universe in 3-D
This image depicts a vast canyon of dust and gas in the Orion Nebula from a 3-D computer model based on observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and created by science visualization specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. A 3-D visualization of this model takes viewers on an amazing four-minute voyage through the 15-light-year-wide canyon. The model takes viewers through an exhilarating ride through the Orion Nebula, a vast star-making factory 1,500 light-years away. This virtual space journey isn't the latest video game but one of several groundbreaking astronomy visualizations created by specialists at STScI, the science operations center for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The cinematic space odysseys are part of the new Imax film Hubble 3D, which opens today at select IMAX theaters worldwide. The 43-minute movie chronicles the 20-year life of Hubble and includes highlights from the May 2009 servicing mission to the Earth-orbiting observatory, with footage taken by the astronauts. The giant-screen film showcases some of Hubble's breathtaking iconic pictures, such as the Eagle Nebula's "Pillars of Creation," as well as stunning views taken by the newly installed Wide Field Camera 3. While Hubble pictures of celestial objects are awe-inspiring, they are flat 2-D photographs. For this film, those 2-D images have been converted into 3-D environments, giving the audience the impression they are space travelers taking a tour of Hubble's most popular targets. Based on a Hubble image of Orion released in 2006, the visualization was a collaborative effort between science visualization specialists at STScI, including Greg Bacon, who sculpted the Orion Nebula digital model, with input from STScI astronomer Massimo Roberto; the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. For some of the sequences, STScI imaging specialists developed new techniques for transforming the 2-D Hubble images into 3-D. STScI image processing specialists Lisa Frattare and Zolt Levay, for example, created methods of splitting a giant gaseous pillar in the Carina Nebula into multiple layers to produce a 3-D effect, giving the structure depth. Image Credit: NASA, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers (STScI/AURA)
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