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Supreme Court strikes a serious blow against software patents

2014-06-19 19:53:52| InfoWorld: Top News

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its much-anticipated decision in the case of Alice v. CLS today.

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Details About Microsoft's Android Patents Revealed

2014-06-16 22:38:00| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

The collection includes standard essential patents, Android-implemented patents, and non-standard essential patents.

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Why electric car maker Tesla has torn up its patents

2014-06-16 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: "Yesterday," writes Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a blog post, "there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our Palo Alto headquarters. That is no longer the case. They have been removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology." In short, California-based Tesla is opening up its patents to competitors. Like so many of Musk's ideas, it sounds crazy but might just be brilliant. Tesla, Musk explains, was founded with the goal of taking electric...

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