Upcoming SCOTUS Case is About Software Patents, Microsoft et al. Prefer to Deny It; Microsoft's Illegal Tax Evasion Revisited

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2014-03-25 13:40:58 UTC
Modified: 2014-03-25 14:01:10 UTC

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Summary: Extortion and racketeering giant Microsoft prefers cognitive dissonance as software patents are at risk in the US; Microsoft's patent arsenal Nokia is in trouble in India for the same reasons as Microsoft, namely tax evasion

WHILE we no longer focus on patents, we do continue our focus on FUD. Sites that call themselves "Patent Progress" continue to focus only on trolls (small trolls, not big trolls) and citing controversial boosters of software patents as arguing that "the numbers [of troll cases] are in for 2013, and it seems that patent trolling shows no signs of slowing down. According to RPX, trolls sued over 4,800 companies last year, up from the 4,282 they sued in 2012." This is another distraction from the real issue, which is patent scope (e.g. software patents).

Last night Geza from the FFII's mailing list said that "Forbes has an article highlighting the upcoming SCOTUS case Alice Corp. vs. CLS Bank" (we have covered this a couple of times before).

"Here we have a dying company which is busy trying to assault the winners (Linux-based) with troll proxies like MOSAID (armed with Nokia patents which Microsoft arranged for MOSAID to receive)."This case, according to Geza, "(at least the EFF thinks) concerns software patents" and he cites this new article which says: "Microsoft and its allies in the tech industry urge the court to avoid any pronouncements on software patents, because that could endanger one of the most vigorous segments of the economy."

"Big SW-patent shops (like MSFT) instead argue thet the present case is only on business-methods patents," notes Geza.

Well, isn't it unsurprising that Microsoft would say that? Here we have a dying company which is busy trying to assault the winners (Linux-based) with troll proxies like MOSAID (armed with Nokia patents which Microsoft arranged for MOSAID to receive). Nokia's software patents promotion is no secret and it predates Microsoft's hijacking of Nokia ("Microsoft Nokia Takeover Is Delayed Until April," according to this new report), which also commits some of the same offences Microsoft is committing (namely tax evasion, with conviction in India). According to ZDNet, "Indian taxes are proving to be a sticky problem for Nokia as it attempts to transfer its devices business to Microsoft." ZDNet should mention that Microsoft does the same thing and was found guilty in India, too. Microsoft's influence in the Indian government did not exempt the company and also has not yet assured software patents in India. ⬆

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