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• Javascript/CSS rollover menus are patented and subject to licensing?

  - by Scott B

  Very interesting finding that a client brought to my attention today regarding javascript style rollover menus. They got a call from their legal dept that they need to change the manner in which their rollover menu is activated (at the risk of having to pay license to continue using the navigation technique). Its no April fools joke, apparently…

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• How does one build Mono with only the ECMA covered parts?

  - by Zifre

  I'm trying to figure out how to build Mono without the patented, non ECMA components, such as Winforms. Miguel de Icaza said that Mono would be split in two, so that we could build only the parts under Microsoft's Community Promise. It doesn't seem like this has happened yet. Is there any way to do this yet?

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• Open Technology: Nanorobots Answer to US Navy

  - by adrianocavalcanti

  Hi Everybody, Just wondering if some has some suggestion about open technology licensing. I have been working on nanotechnology -- here some info: * Nanorobot Technology: What to Expect from Science - A Personal Letter in Answer to United States Navy …

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• How do you go about finding out whether an idea you've had has already been patented?

  - by Iain Fraser

  I have an idea for image copy-protection that I'm in the process of coding up and plan on selling to one of my clients who sells images online. If successful I think there would be a lot of people in a similar situation to my client who would be interested…

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• What is the minimal licensable source code?

  - by Hernán Eche

  Let's suppose I want to "protect" this code about being used without attribution, patenting it, or through any open source licence... #include<stdio.h> int main (void) { int version=2; printf("\r\n.Hello world, ver:(%d).", version); …

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• How to monetize and protect a engine's and its framework's copyrights and patents?

  - by Arthur Wulf White

  I created a game engine that handles: Rendering levels with 2d textured curved surfaces Collisions with curved surfaces Animationn paths on and navigation in 2d-sapce I have also made a framework for: Procedural organic level generation with round…

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• Microsoft says Android infringes its patents - HTC pays up.

  <b>Engadget:</b> "Microsoft believes that elements from both the user interface and the underlying operating system are in violation of its rights."

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• How would you want to see software intellectual property protected?

  - by glenatron

  Reading answers to this question - and many other discussions of software patents - it seems that most of us as programmers feel that software patents are a bad idea. At the same time we are in the group most likely to lose out if our work is copied or…

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• Transcript: Andrew Tridgell on Patent Defence

  <b>ESP Software Patents News:</b> "The following is a transcript of a talk given in New Zealand, 2010. Andrew Tridgell discusses why reading patents is usually a good idea, how to read a patent, and how to work through it with a lawyer to…

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• Response to Software Exception in Patent Bill

  <b>NZOSS:</b> "Law firms that supported continued software patents have published critiques of the arguments put forward by those who opposed software patents and asked for an exclusion to be added to the Patent Bill. In this article…

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• German high court declares all software potentially patentable

  <b>FOSS Patents:</b> "After a landmark court ruling, the German perspective on the validity of software patents is now closer than ever to that of the US."

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• WebCenter Customer Spotlight: Indecopi

  - by me

  Author: Peter Reiser - Social Business Evangelist, Oracle WebCenter  Solution SummaryIndecopi Optimizes Patent Approval Management and Accelerates Customer Service…

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• iPhone Infringement? HTC Sued by Apple

  The iPhone roars: Apple claims that cellphone maker HTC -- notably the Google Nexus One -- has violated a number of its mobile device patents.

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• My new anti-patent BSD-based license: necessary and effective? [closed]

  - by paperjam

  I am writing multimedia software in a domain that is rife with software patents. I want to open source my software but only for the benefit of those who don't play the patent game, that is enthusiasts, small companies, research projects, etc. …

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• With the outcome of the Oracle vs Google trial, does that mean Mono is now safe from Microsoft [closed]

  - by Evan Plaice

  According to the an article on ArsTechnica the judge of the case ruled that APIs are not patent-able. He referred to the structure of modules/methods/classes/functions as being like libraries/books/chapters. To patent an API would be putting…

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• Patenting a Web Application before launch?

  - by SoreThumb

  While discussing a website idea I had with friends and worked on it, they told me to be wary of theft regarding the website. Since the code I'd be working on would be mostly Javascript and HTML, the likelihood of theft is quite high. …

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• SQLBits 8 – Conor’s back

  - by simonsabin

  I recently announced the awesome line up for SQLBits 8 in which I mentioned Conor Cunningham . Yes we have Conor coming back. Conor is the most popular SQLBits speaker ever. Conor Cunningham is a Principal Software Architect at…

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• Standing up to a patent bully

  <b>OpenSource.com:</b> "Red Hat and Novell stood up to a patent bully and got a favorable jury verdict in the IPI trial which invalidated some software patents that should never have been issued."

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• Wild Fox: Firefox Fork with H.264 Support

  <b>OSNews:</b> "Software patents, however, are only valid in some parts of the world, so an enterprising developer has started a project that was sure to come eventually: Firefox builds with H264 support."

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• Apple, Microsoft Come Out Against Open Source Video Codecs

  <b>Datamation:</b> ""All video codecs are covered by patents," Jobs said in the e-mail, according to Roy. "A patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora and other 'open source' codecs now"

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• selling or using a domain name with trademark of other company

  - by Prakash Moturu

  in domain name but the problem is its the exact same word of a big company i am not sure whether they trademarked it or not . is it legal to use the domain for a non profit purpose and for use in the field other than the…

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• IBM Denies Breaking Its Open-Source Promise

  <b>eWeek:</b> "The open-source software community is up in arms over claims that IBM has broken a promise by asserting its patents against an open-source project. IBM denies that it has done so."

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• Microsoft's FUD goes mobile

  <b>The Register:</b> "But why does Microsoft make money from Google's software? Android is based on open source software - and Microsoft has long raised fears that aspects of Linux may infringe on its…

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• The Microsoft/Novell Mono Lobby

  <b>Tech Rights:</b> "Summary: Why there is increased pressure for GNOME and for other projects to love the patents-encumbered monkey (Mono)"

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• Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs

  <b>DaniWeb:</b> "Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse in the world of software patents, a reliable source sent me this response from Steve Jobs about a patent pool that's forming and aiming…

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