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11.19.15

Patent Lawyers Want to Bring Software Patents (Hence Patent Trolls Too) to Europe, Piggyback Battistelli’s Habitual UPC Promotion

Posted in Europe, Patents at 7:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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Unlocking the door for parasites

Summary : Analysis of the views of academics (profiting from solid research), contrasted with patent lawyers (profiting from feuds and conflicts), and the latter group’s exploitation of Benoît Battistelli’s misguided policies

T HERE is excellent new coverage about the uniquely US patent troll problem in the Washington Post , which is read by …

09.23.15

Translation Needed of Article About EPO Threats Against SUEPO’s Elizabeth Hardon

Posted in Europe, Patents at 5:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary : A call for translation of an important article that may help shed light on the modus operandi of the Investigation/Investigative Unit of the EPO, which works with Control Risks Group (CRG), the ‘British Blackwater’

M ü nchner Merkur , which wrote about the EPO several months ago, is mentioned by SUEPO’s public page for an article with the same headline as this …

07.02.15

Microsoft Gradually Embraces, Extends, Extinguishes Linux Foundation as a Foundation of GNU/Linux

Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Novell, Vista 10, Windows at 3:05 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

The Linux Foundation now helps Windows, too

Summary : By liaising with (or hijacking) existing members of the Linux Foundation, as well as by paying the Linux Foundation, Microsoft turns the Linux Foundation into somewhat of a Windows advocacy group

A fter the public embarrassment at DockerCon 2015 (causing GNU/Linux software to be tilted in Windows' favour) and more Microsoft …

06.09.15

European Patent Office (EPO) Now Uses Keyloggers to Spy on Staff

Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:37 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary : Having contracted the crackers-connected Control Risks Group (CRG), EPO starts acting like a cybercrime gang, adopting similar tools

T HE management of the European Patent Office has become truly militarised , complete with spy connections . It is not just censoring E-mail anymore ( an earlier effort to suppress the staff , as we recalled the other day ), it is actually …

06.07.15

Links 7/6/2015: Steam Machines, KDE Applications 15.04.2 in Chakra

Posted in News Roundup at 10:30 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Contents

GNU/Linux

Distributions

Devices/Embedded

Free Software/Open Source

Leftovers

GNU/Linux

Starting Your Linux Career: 10 Steps

cannot lie: learning Linux took a lot of time. I spent approximately 3 years as a daily linux user before landing my first full-time Linux-based position. However, my time was not as well spent as it could have …

04.14.15

Links 14/4/2015: 3DR Dronecode, Z1/Z2 Tizen

Posted in News Roundup at 7:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Contents

GNU/Linux

Distributions

Devices/Embedded

Free Software/Open Source

Leftovers

GNU/Linux

Desktop

Dramatic Takeoff of GNU/Linux On The Desktop In Malta

Malta is one of those places where the small size allows one to see significant migrations to GNU/Linux desktop in their full glory. Notice the ascendance of GNU/Linux in the same week …

02.22.15

The EPO’s Sham ‘Internal Investigation’ of EPO Vice-President Željko Topić’s Affairs

Posted in Europe, Patents at 10:04 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Benoît Battistelli probing the Topić affair is akin to John Brennan probing CIA abuses

Summary : The EPO never investigated the Željko Topić affair, it only pretends to have investigated it (one small aspect, i.e. cherry-picking) using a Benoît Battistelli-controlled group

O UR ~70 articles about the EPO ‘s management have so far shown misconduct and a lot of dark …

02.15.15

FFII and the American IP Law Association Comment on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Envisioned by EPO

Posted in Europe, Patents at 10:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Money still buys policies in Europe

Summary : European civil rights groups call for the elimination of expanded patent scope, whereas lawyers from another continent call for Europe to expand scope and lower cost of patent monopolies

T HE EPO ‘s euphoric (for itself) vision of software patents in Europe can be traced back to patent maximalism and pursuit of profit, all at …

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