- "It's not clear that we really need patents in most industries ... You just have this proliferation of patents ... It's a problem." ~ Judge Richard Posner, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Law Professor at University of Chicago http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/05/us-apple-google-judge-idusbre8640iq20120705 5 comments business
- US Judge who tossed Apple v Motorola wants to eliminate software patents http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/05/us-apple-google-judge-idusbre8640iq20120705 90 comments linux
- Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync | Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/05/us-apple-google-judge-idusbre8640iq20120705 5 comments technology
Linking pages
- The 'broken patent system': how we got here and how to fix it | The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2011/08/11/broken-patent-system/ 4 comments
- Beyond SOPA: the top nine tech policy stories of 2012 | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/more-than-sopa-the-top-nine-tech-policy-stories-of-2012/ 0 comments
- Why Patents and Copyright Protections Are More Important Than Ever - Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-patents-copyright-protections-are-more-important-than-ever 0 comments
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus Phone Pulled, Google Plans Workaround – The Mac Observer http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/samsung_galaxy_nexus_phone_pulled_google_plans_workaround/ 0 comments
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