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Links 8/6/2017: Chrome 59, Tor Browser 7.0
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Links 7/6/2017: KaOS 2017.06, Mesa 17.1.2
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Links 5/6/2017: OpenELEC 8.0.4 and UberStudent
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EPO Workers May be About to Go on Strike Again
A call for another strike at the European Patent Office is circulating among staff, which sees the writings on the wall and hopes to save the European Patent Office if it's not too late
Battistelli's 'Boss', Jesper Kongstad, Rumoured to Have Been Paid by Battistelli
Potential scandal surrounding Jesper Kongstad, Battistelli's protector, explained in light of new information
Links 3/6/2017: AryaLinux and BitKey Reviewed
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Patent Trolls in Europe and the Looming Collapse of the UPC
Imminent election in the UK, as well as several other factors, may threaten to throw the UPC into even greater uncertainty just when patent trolls are beginning to flock to Europe with the intention of capitalising on it
Shame on the Administrative Tribunal of ILO for Helping Team Battistelli Abuse EPO Staff
A look at the rather insidious connection between ILO and the EPO, which ILO is supposed to regulate in the labour rights sense
Links 1/6/2017: KDE Plasma 5.10, Qt 5.9 Released
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Another Amazing Bit of News About Patents: Supreme Court Knocks Out Lexmark a Week After TC Heartland
Justices of the US Supreme Court have just ruled (yet again) against a culture that created a patent bubble which in no way benefits producing companies (TC Heartland case) or their clients (Lexmark case)
The Silencing of Critics of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Media and in Blogs
Team UPC, or few parasitic entities that stand to benefit (profit) from patent trolls (preying on a high-damage court system at the heart of Europe), continues to 'sanitise' the Web by removing informed voices that are critical of UPC, often referred to as Unitary Patent
Panic in Patent Maximalists' Circles as Both Trolls and Software Patents (TC Heartland and Alice) Are Dying
Response to some of the latest patent news, based on news picks from Benjamin Henrion (FFII) in the wake of TC Heartland
Links 29/5/2017: Another Linux RC, Enlightenment 0.21.8 Released
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Links 28/5/2017: Mesa 17.1.1, Wine 2.9, KDevelop 5.1.1
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Patent Dangers to Linux and Android: Qualcomm, Apple, and Nokia
The prevailing problem which is companies with mountains of patents going after OEMs, using a bulk of infringement accusations, and demanding 'protection' money
Colossal Institutional Failure Surrounding the European Patent Office (EPO) and EPO Chickens Out of Debate About It
Shielded by a network of institutions, governments, and departments that facilitate the EPO's abuses by inexcusable inaction, Team Battistelli continues to hoard more money and power
The United States Has Already Tackled Both Software Patents and Patent Trolls
An outline of some notable responses to TC Heartland and where we go from here
Cloudflare Wants to Completely Squash the Patent Troll Blackbird Technologies by Squashing the Only Thing It Has
Putting more of its money to good use, for a change, Cloudflare goes for the kill against Blackbird Technologies, which has no technologies, just patents and lawsuits
Links 25/5/2017: Mesa 17.1.1, Qt 5.9.0 RC, and Much More
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Links 24/5/2017: New RHEL Beta, SteamOS Updated
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Great News: While IBM et al Try to Undermine Patent Reform the Supreme Court Deepens the Reform in TC Heartland Case
In a unanimous decision, with the court ruling 8-0 against TC Heartland, the monkey business in East Texas (beneficial to patent trolls and large businesses that leverage software patents) may have just come to an end
Speculations About Battistelli's End of Term, Campinos at EUIPO, and Failed UPC Ambitions
Rumours and speculations surrounding the fate of the EPO's leadership now that the UPC gravy train is stuck again and Battistelli's protector, Jesper Kongstad, is about to leave
Martijn van Dam is Wrong to Believe That Battistelli's Abuses Are Somehow Acceptable or Tolerable Because His Term is Possibly Ending
Coverage of Martijn van Dam’s stance (he is the Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs) reveals that economic gain trumps ethics and justice, irrespective of what the law says
Media and Staff Association Elections at EPO and WIPO Are Compromised
A campaign of abuse (legal bullying) and gifting to the media, combined with a wide-ranging assault on critics who represent the interests of staff, have led WIPO and EPO down the route to totality
New Documents Help Demonstrate That ILO Delivers Institutional Injustice to EPO Employees and Cushions Team Battistelli
The International Labour Organisation Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT) delivers not justice but merely the illusion of justice, probably in defiance of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Leaked: 2017 European Inventor Award Finalists, or Stooges Whom the Tyrant Battistelli Exploits for PR Purposes and Media Manipulation
The stupidest ceremony in Europe (turning serious science into something sketchy such as Eurovision) is disliked among EPO staff and is exploited by the person who destroys the EPO (Benoît Battistelli) to pretend all is fine and dandy, at huge expense to the Office (as extraordinary as about 5 million Euros for a ~2-hour show)
EPO: Can the Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) Still Save It?
Genuine concerns about the slow process at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the lack of progress at ILO, which coincide with weakening of the unions and threat to jobs of patent examiners (leaving ordinary Europeans more vulnerable to meritless patent lawsuits)
Links 21/5/2017: Linux 3.18.53, Tizen 4.0
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Cloudflare's Enemy is Software Patents, Not Just One Software Patent or One Patent Troll
With a bounty of $50,000, which is likely less than the cost of legal defense, Cloudflare looks for help with its own case rather than the underlying issues that need tackling worldwide
Patent Laws -- and Especially Eligibility of Software Patents -- Are Being Hijacked by Large Corporations and Their Front Groups
Intervention by large multinational corporations and their lawyers, front groups, etc. (like the classic lobbying model) gives room for concern in multiple continents where most software development is done
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