New Bill Could Undo Years of Progress in the American Patent System – EFF Drew Wilson | August 22, 2022 Improvements to the disastrous patent system in the US has been slow and incremental – and a bill could reverse that progress.
Germany Opposes COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver, France Flip-Flops, Canada Considers Drew Wilson | May 7, 2021 Other countries are reacting to the US backing efforts to implement a patent waiver. Some countries are also backing this move.
Biden Supports Waiving Patent Protections for COVID-19 Vaccines Drew Wilson | May 6, 2021 Despite pressure, President Joe Biden is backing the push to waiving patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines which could help shortage issues.
TPP Proponent Makes Incoherent Denial of Copyright Changes Drew Wilson | February 13, 2016 Proponents of the hugely controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement have tried just about everything to try and sell the agreement to Canadians. While they have tried denial in the past, they have gone on to other tactics as well. Now, it seems they have gone back to just denying what is in the agreement. For …
Website ‘You’ve Been Owned’ Launches to Defend First-Sale Doctrine Drew Wilson | June 23, 2012 One of the stories we’ve posted that has received a lot of attention was our article entitled “Could Selling Your Computer One Day Be a Criminal Offense?” It revolves around a court case that could make the selling of foreign manufactured products copyright infringement. With the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one could make the connection that this …
Could Selling Your Computer One Day Be a Criminal Offense? Drew Wilson | June 13, 2012 A court case in New York is currently raising eyebrows. Apparently, the case is headed to the supreme court because the lower level courts have ruled that if you bought something like a computer from overseas, the act of selling that computer in the US could be a violation of copyright laws. It is seen …
Google Fined $5 Million for Using Linux Drew Wilson | April 24, 2011 In what could be a major blow to those hoping to see Linux in the workplace, a small company called Bedrock Computer Technologies sued Google for patent infringement because the company used the Linux operating system.
Will Prior Art Doom Apple’s Anti-Theft iPhone Patent? Drew Wilson | August 20, 2010 There’s a bit of commotion with a new patent request by Apple over on Slashdot today. The claim is that Apple is creating a new patent to stop jailbreaking.
Apple Rumoured to Be Preparing to Sue Open Source Codec Developers Drew Wilson | May 2, 2010 An e-mail reportedly from Steve Jobs has recently surfaced which suggests that Apple may be preparing to sue Theora and other open source video codecs. The dispute would revolve around patent laws.
