Someone recently asked about the patent that I was issued. I figured I would just send them the link google patents, when I noticed a reference to a second patent with my name in it. What? If I had filed a second patent surely I would remember. Ha, I wasn't listed as a patentee, but rather an entry in my blog from 2004 was used as a reference for some jimmied up laptop art holder thing-a-ma-bob. Too funny.
Recently in Intellectual Property Category
You might be able to guess that I would believe in Net Neutrality. I generally don't favor regulation, but i hate the stagnation that occurs when global entities ban together to snuff out the competition.
I ran into this graphic on I Power that sure gives me the heebie jeebies and probably explains the issue better than any one image I've seen so far.
The provenance of the image can be found on boing^2
The provenance of the image can be found on boing^2
Here is the silliest patent ever.
Today I saw on slashdot a note that SCO was suing IBM over patent infringements. This story is covered in more detail at forbes.
#include < std_disclaimer > # I am not a lawyer
This is stunning to me. Not because I am shocked that someone has made IP claims on linux, but rather that SCO is taking on IBM first. As far as I know IBM has filed more patents that any other company on earth for quite some time. They are well known for using these defensively, or using these to cross-license needed technology. I can't imagine what would happen at SCO to make them belive that they could win against the proverbial 300 pound gorilla. I expect IBM to squash this and I hope they do rather decisively. I expect the IBM probably can make counter claims that would probably force SCO to drop the suit, be forced into bankruptcy or be bought.
Really interesting paper, "Creation Myths, Does innovation require intellectual property rights?", by Douglas Clementhttp://www.reason.com/0303/fe.dc.creation.shtml. This paper summarizes another paper "Perfectly Competitive Innovation" found at http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/papers/pci23.pdf published by the Federal Reserve, Minneapolis.
