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IBM Calls for Patent Reform

Posted by samzenpus on from the level-playing-field dept.

daria42 writes "IBM has called for tighter regulation of patents and a review of intellectual property ownership issues in collaborative software development. The company is one of the largest patent-holders in the United States. IBM executive Jim Stallings said examining patents for prior art should not only be the job of the patent office but that the wider community should be involved. Stallings also called on the industry to stop what he calls "bad behaviour" by companies who either seek patents for unoriginal work or collect and hoard patents."

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  1. uhhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FRSIT PTS0

  2. Re:Karma whoring at its best by Red_Harvest · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Me too!

  3. Re:Hello kettle... by the_rev_matt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello kettle, this is pot. Dude, I'm SO wasted.

    Yes, it's stupid, but I bet you laughed.

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  4. Without Patents little guys loose by Ironsides · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Without patents, a little guy can invent something, and then a big guy can come along and copy it. Not having paid for the research into it, they can probably sell it for less too. Result - Little guy goes out of business and big guys keep selling product for $$$.

    Patents can protect the small guys from the big guys.

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  5. Re:IBM is helping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mod parent -1, Biblical reference. You should know better than to bring the most ridiculous book ever written (which is the basis for the most ridiculous religion ever) into a discussion on a site where everyone knows better. We're too smart to be fooled by any so-called "religion."

    (And, since this is Slashdot, I feel the need to point out that I'm not serious).

  6. Re:Karma whoring at its best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    not anymore

    -your boss

  7. Re:No time to evaluate patents by SenatorOrrinHatch · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, I did see a few headlines on Slashdot. So I looked a lot deeper into how patents were used in practice. Lo and behold, the "sensationalist headlines" were just the tip of the iceberg.

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