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The Twitter "Patent Hack"
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.

Fred Wilson

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Microsoft - carefully - edges closer to the open-source community
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

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The following program contains immature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Speed trading
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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  • Speed trading - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 01:45 PM EDT
    • Speed trading - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 11:00 PM EDT
    • Speed trading - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 09:55 AM EDT
jury service
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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  • jury service - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 04:47 PM EDT
  • jury service - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 10:12 AM EDT
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