Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 10:49 AM EDT |
Twitter announced that they plan to amend the assignments agreements
that they sign with their employees. They call this proposed amendment the
Innovator's Patent Agreement. I've been aware of this effort inside of Twitter
for a while and I like to call this move the "Twitter Patent Hack" because I
think what they have done is very clever and is likely to have a material change
in the way patents are used to foster and/or hinder innovation, as the case may
be.
Specifically Twitter has said that they will only used these assigned
patent rights defensively to protect themselves against hostile actions. And
further that any company that acquires these patent rights from Twitter will
need the inventor's consent to use them in an offensive action. Twitter has also
provided the inventor with certain rights to license the patent to others for
defensive purposes.
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Authored by: JamesK on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 11:26 AM EDT |
New entity
provides cover for Redmond's in-house products while pushing company
forward --- The following program contains immature subject matter.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 01:29 PM EDT |
During the Depression, trading limits were put on grains and other commodities,
I think, to prevent price manipulation. Wonder if the same thing should be done
with stock trading, and maybe oil.
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Authored by: jrl on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 04:25 PM EDT |
Tomorrow I have the honor of serving in the
jury pool for the Massachusetts trial court.
Any hints about the right way to do things
would be appreciated.
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