#swpats
#patentTroll #DominionHarbor -- indirectly connected to the criminals from #microsoft -- will likely lose more #swpats https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/11/12/another-sovereign-peak-ventures-dominion-harbor-entity-patent-likely-invalid see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Dominion_Harbor
Surveying #watchtroll for the week, I'm laughing at their advocacy of anti- #ptab bills and pro- #swpats that clearly go nowhere (and promoted by bribed politicians; bribed to do this). Also, on the positive side, they mention a need to cull/waive #covid19 related #patents
"Judge Reyna concurred with the majority decision to reverse the district court’s judgment but wrote separately to argue that, under Alice step one, the claims at issue were directed to patent-eligible subject matter." #swpats at #cafc https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/federal-circuit-review-october-2021-8491984/
Studying EPO and Patent Affairs http://techrights.org/2021/11/13/studying-patent-affairs/ #epo #swpats #europe #rss
EPO - EPO President meets the new Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office ⚓ https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211112.html ䷉ #epo pushing #swpats in #japan #jpo "computer-implemented inventions" while referring to them as "AI-related inventions"
" #patent generally relates to a device for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having #GPS capability" https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/11/12/k-mizra-patent-challenged #swpats
#fedora : we cannot include some codes for legal reasons, #swpats threats, but we outsource our projects to #microsoft #proprietarySoftware in spite of Microsoft commandeering #patentTrolls which attack us. Also, BONUS: Microsoft is OK, RMS is EVIL! http://techrights.org/2021/04/03/fedora-f-for-fascism-and-not-freedom/
Squashing more #fakepatents like #swpats https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/11/10/b-on-demand-patent-held-invalid "catalog of electronic files to a requesting user, sets up customer accounts, processes payments"
#watchtroll is now calling Section 101/Alice "insanity", as if nou #swpats but the restrictions on them are what's insane. The #patent #litigation people are anti-scientific nutters.
#EPO became so utterly corrupt that #litigation firms say #softwarepatents are just fine and they call them "IP" (which is meaningless junk and a lie) https://www.lexology.com/commentary/intellectual-property/european-union/gevers/ip-protection-for-software-in-europe #swpats
There’s Virtually No More #Journalism on the Subject of #SoftwarePatents (or #Patents in General) http://techrights.org/2021/11/08/swpats-or-software-patents-in-the-news/ #swpats
#PTAB here to stay and throw out lots of #softwarepatents https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ptab-strategies-and-insights-october-2485544/ #swpats #uspto
More #fakepatents in #USPTO and this time #CardioNet is served a dud https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/11/cardionets-transform-ineligible.html #swpats #BogusPatents
#EPO grants illegal #swpats and #unifiedpatents needs to clean up a little of the whole mess https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/10/27/epo-opposition-filed-against-interdigital-patent-f4ad3 #softwarepatents http://techrights.org/2018/03/04/interdigital-and-technicolor/
...and to make matters worse, #FCBA is lobbying for illegal #swpats https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/11/fcba-remote-program-on-patent-subject-matter-globally.html amond other nasties https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/11/fcba-remote-program-on-competition-and-ip-law.html
Example of #fakepatents like #softwarepatents being granted by the awful #EPO , which violates the #EPC every day for the sake of profit https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1076680/facebook-ireland-limited-v-voxer-ip-llp #swpats
● NEWS ● #EFF #patents ☞ Senators Push To Study “Unstable” #Patent Law, While #PatentTrolls Cheer Them On https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/senators-push-study-unstable-patent-law-while-patent-trolls-cheer-them they try to bring #swpats back, as litigation companies bribe them to
"On November 3, 2021, the #USPTO filed a notice of intent to cancel claims 1-18 of U.S. #Patent 8,018,852, owned [sic] by Proven Networks, LLC." #patents are not owned. Wrong term. Also, #swpats are bunk. https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/11/4/proven-networks-patent-has-all-claims-cancelled
#patentTroll aka "a non-practicing entity (NPE) that has sued various companies for their use of widely-adopted Internet technologies." #swpats https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/11/3/fs5zdeuvx44tfqd365mgnpoy12xo3t