LinuxDefenders.org Launches To Fight Patent Trolls

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 3, 2009 @10:15AM from the avant-and-avast dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Linux Defenders Network is a new organization sponsored by the Open Invention Network, the Software Freedom Law Center, and The Linux Foundation to help the community defend itself against patent trolls. Three models, or 'IP rights management tools,' are offered: Peer to Patent, Post-Issue Peer to Patent, and Defensive Publications. Mich Kabay's article in NetworkWorld cites an all-too-familiar incident from December, when General Patent Corp. announced it was working on behalf of Worlds.com to sue everyone — this probably could have been avoided with a little prior art help from the community. From the organization's about page: 'We encourage contributions from anyone that is interested in ensuring that innovation is not stifled by poor quality patents and is interested in assisting the patent office in its goal of improving the overall quality of patents.' Are these guys saviors arriving in the nick of time, or just another hopeless community effort to rein in the failing patent system?"

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Re:Hurray? by larry+bagina · 2009-02-03 10:26 · Score: 5, Informative

Microsoft.

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Re:Hurray? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-03 10:42 · Score: 1, Informative

Once again, the SCO lawsuits were about copyrights, not about patents.
Post paypal donate links with these stuff by unity100 · 2009-02-03 11:06 · Score: 2, Informative

so we can contribute quickly.

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Re:This is Good News by LingNoi · 2009-02-03 11:59 · Score: 1, Informative

SCO was about copyright, not patents.
Re:Hurray? by Thinboy00 · 2009-02-03 12:14 · Score: 1, Informative

IIRC, M$ was funding $C0, which kind of makes the grand-parent wrong... and the great-grand-parent poorly worded.

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