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Radical Surgery to Fix Software Patents

Radical Surgery to Fix Software Patents

By Bob Warfield on August 21, 2011

I’m from the camp that says we’re way past the point of patents fostering innovation, if they ever did.  It didn’t take me long reading Scoble’s post this morning about the value of WebOS’s patents to HP possibly making the unit a profitable venture to be reminded once again that while patents may be a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Hewlett-Packard, intellectual property, motorola, Nathan Myhrvold, Patent, TouchPad, webos | 1 Response

The Wealthy Pirate VC

The Wealthy Pirate VC

By Bob Warfield on February 8, 2011

Having been in the software business all my life, I’m no stranger to the idea that many people think it’s okay to steal digital property.  After all, it costs virtually nothing to manufacture another copy, so the reasoning goes, and so therefore the owner isn’t out anything.  It’s an unenlightened and unsophisticated rationalization of what, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Autos, Fred Wilson, intellectual property, Kazaa, Land Rover, Music, Music Piracy, Technology / Software, theft

Software Patents Should Be Abolished

Software Patents Should Be Abolished

By Bob Warfield on September 11, 2010

Still think patents are about protecting the little guy? The USPTO now takes an average of 6 years to grant a patent (hat tip to Techmeme).  In the long run, you’ll likely get your patent since almost anything is patentable these days, however outlandish it may be.  But in the long run, we’re all dead, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged intellectual property, Patent, software patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office, uspto | 1 Response

The Fallacy called Patents -Time To Discipline!

The Fallacy called Patents -Time To Discipline!

By Sadagopan on August 7, 2010

Vivek Wadhwa writes,”Patents make a lot of sense in many industries; they are needed to protect the designs of important components or design of physical products. But in software these are just nuclear weapons in an arms race. They don’t foster innovation, they inhibit it. He adds, That’s because things change rapidly in this industry. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Emerging Models, innovation, intellectual property, Patents, technology

NTP is the New SCO

NTP is the New SCO

By Zoli Erdos on July 9, 2010

NTP, the shell company whose only business is to extract ransom from real businesses does not sit on the $600 they extorted from RIM.  They are now suing just about all the smartphone industry: Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, LG and Motorola. Is NTP the new SCO? Related posts: NTP Sues Apple, Google, Microsoft And Others […]

Posted in Business | Tagged apple, cellular, extortion, google, HTC, intellectual property, ip, Lawsuit, lg, microsoft, mobile market, motorola, ntp, patent troll, Patents, sco, Smartphones, Wireless

Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com

Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com

By Josh Greenbaum on May 18, 2010

I just got a copy of a brief Microsoft filed in the U.S. District in Seattle alleging that Salesforce.com infringed on nine of Microsoft’s patents. It’s not clear at this writing how valid a case Microsoft has, nor has there been any official response from Salesforce.com posted on the company’s website. So a full analysis […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged intellectual property, Lawsuit, microsoft, Monopolies and Oligopolies, salesforce.com, TomorrowNow | 1 Response

Our “patently absurd” patent system

Our “patently absurd” patent system

By Vinnie Mirchandani on May 8, 2010

While my book is not specifically about patents, a book that focuses on innovation and grand challenges would be remiss to not point what a “grand challenge” it would be fix our patent system. Some excerpts about patents from The New Polymath The Wall Street Journal in an editorial summarized the mess the patent system […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged intellectual property, Law, Lawsuit, Patent, Patent infringement, Prior art, The New Polymath, United States Patent and Trademark Office

The Problem with Software Patents

The Problem with Software Patents

By Bob Warfield on May 8, 2010

Software patents are a disaster for innovation.  The system is asymmetrical, in the sense that it is very expensive to defend against a patent suit.  At the same time, it is very easy to get a patent on almost anything, including things people have no business getting patents on.  I have a friend who was […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged copyright, innovation, intellectual property, Invention, Law, Lawsuit, Patent | 13 Responses

News Analysis: Rimini Street Countersues Oracle

News Analysis: Rimini Street Countersues Oracle

By R "Ray" Wang on April 5, 2010

Rimini Street Counter Suit Focuses On Ensuring Customer Rights To Third Party Maintenance (3PM)

On March 29th, 2010, Rimini Street sued Oracle for “counterclaims alleging copyright misuse, defamation, disparagement, trade libel, and unfair competition”.  The lawsuit was filed as a counter to Oracle’s February 26th, 2010 suit of Rimini Street for Intellectual Property (IP) theft.  While […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 3PM, Apps Strategy, customer bill of rights, enteprise apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, intellectual property, ip, Lawsuit, oracle, rimini street, Third Party Maintenance, user group event, user group events, user groups | 1 Response

Monday's Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights

Monday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights

By R "Ray" Wang on February 22, 2010

Apps Users Seek Third Party Maintenance For Cost, Value, and Service Updated surveys from inquiries, client conversations, and user group meetings show a 113.8% increase in interest in third party maintenance (3PM) services from Q3 2009 to Q1 2010 (see Figure 1).  Key factors stem from (see Figure 2.): Continuing cost pressures. Budgets continue to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 3PM, Amdahl, anti-trust, Apps Strategy, Christine A. Varney, contract negotiations, contract strategy, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Geac, Grace Consulting, ibm, industry trade groups, Infor, Infor Flex, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, intellectual property, ip, It's the relationship, It's the relationship stupid!, Joaquín Almunia, Lawson, Lawson Global Users Group, Lawson Software, Léo Apotheker, lessons learned, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Dynamics, Monday's Musings, netCustomer, OAUG, Quest, Quest User Group, rimini street, sap, SAP Enterprise Support, Seth Ravin, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software pricing, Software Vendors, Spinnaker, subscription pricing, SUGEN, support, Technology / Software, Third Party Maintenance, upgrades, user groups, users, vendor strategy | 2 Responses

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