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    Plans are afoot in Federal parliament to derail a controversial patent claim that could see Australian businesses charged millions of dollars to conduct international transactions over the Internet.

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    Matthew Tutaki received 2,000 e-mails from Asia-Pacific businesses within 48 hours of publicising his effort to overturn a highly controversial e-commerce patent that came within days of being ratified by Australian authorities.

  • Australia's ecommerce patent solution nears

    The federal government could soon develop policies to manage a controversial class of software patents that blossomed during the tech-boom and after changes to US patenting laws.

  • Tutaki confident e-commerce patent will fail

    Matthew Tutaki, the man driving efforts to stop a controversial patent dogging Australian e-commerce, has urged the information technology community not to panic at news that it is now enforceable in Australia.

  • E-commerce patent casts shadow over Aust-US trade

    A controversial e-commerce patent recently granted in Australia late last year could have an unexpected impact on trade with the US according to NSW Liberal senator, John Tierney.

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    With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.

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    Are you really about to let Microsoft into your computer systems to police copyright?

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    America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.

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