One patent case that we have followed quite thoroughly involves Nokia and Qualcomm, where an actual embargo is the current outcome [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]. That is a very severe action that brings benefits to no-one. It is a punishment without winners. Meanwhile, no resolution has been approached.
The ITC, which determines whether imports unfairly injure U.S. companies, must now decide if it will uphold Luckern's decision. The agency has said it aims to reach a decision by March 12, 2008.
At the end of the day, as frustrating as software patents can be, remember that there are far worst examples. The video presents a protest.
Consider the pharmaceutical case a situation where patents actually kill -- a situation where commoditisation would be more humane than monetary lust. ⬆
In the domain of Free software, there are very few sites out there that offer exclusive coverage on community affairs and there are many gagging/censorship attempts
EPO workers are going on strike because their salaries don't keep up with price increases and tech companies without connections in "the channel" face long delays, low availability, and high prices (no "bulk" purchases), which further solidifies monopolies.
It would make sense for the EU to invest in its own workers and its own software projects, more so now that there are hostile countries both to the east and to the west
The Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) has this new paper about Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and its annual EPO-sponsored propaganda, pretending all is well when things are clearly dire
Why does Europe's second-largest institution: 1) curtail communication among staff (including union) and 2) go out of its way to avoid obeying a court order from ILOAT in Geneva?
