Software patents: foolish business. Guardian editorial

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/21/editorial-software-patents-foolish-business

 

Software patent debate

Here we present some background reading on the patentability of software and it's discontents:

1. The wikipedia page on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate
2. Are software patents evil. Paul Graham 2006 http://www.paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html
3. Patentable subject matter (what is eligible), Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent-eligibility_trilogy 
4. No Software Patents wiki: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Software_patents_wiki:_home_page 
5. Why Protect Software Through Patents - BitLaw : http://www.bitlaw.com/software-patent/why-patent.html 

Ideas as weapons Conversion of patents into legal tool worsens with Google-Motorola deal

http://www.pressherald.com/business/ideas-as-weapons_2011-08-21.html

 

The ‘broken patent system’: how we got here and how to fix it

"There is a fundamental problem with patents in the United States.

It is us.

By that I mean all of us: the companies and people who directly interact with the patent system, the media that reports on those interactions, the analysts and experts who inform the media, and finally the large, active, and vocal readership that we try and service with our reporting. As a group, we have accepted and let lie the lazy conventional wisdom that the patent system is broken beyond repair, a relic of a previous time that has been obsoleted by the rapid pace of technical innovation, particularly in software, and that it should perhaps be scrapped altogether."

http://thisismynext.com/2011/08/11/broken-patent-system/

Mobile patent lawsuits visualizations - Thomson Reuters

http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/mobile-patent-suits-graphic-of-the-day/ http://news.designlanguage.com/post/1252039209

Mobile developers strike back against patent trolls

http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/mobile-developers-strike-back-against-patent-trolls-168905

TechCrunch - Google's Patent Problem

"Google’s only play is try to acquire enough patents to work towards a mutual assured destruction agreement with their rivals. But again, that’s going to be hard given who they’re going up against. This leaves three options: 1) appeal to the courts. 2) appeal to the public for support. 3) pray."

1. http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/googles-patent-problem/ 
2. http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/06/ive-abandoned-my-boy/

The Limits of Abstract Patents in an Intangible Economy - Brookings Institute conference 2009

This conference, co-sponsored by the Brookings Institution, the Computer & Communications Industry Association and Duke University School of Law, looked at the problem of abstract patents from both economic and legal perspectives. How well do abstract patents work? What problems do they create? Can we do better than the standard in Bilski? 

http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/0114_patents.aspx

Reason.com - Ronald Bailey "The tragedy of the anti-commons"

 http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/02/the-tragedy-of-the-anticommons