Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over its use of the free open source antivirus software, ClamAV. If it wins, open source advocates fear it threatens all users of the free software and will legitimise the use of patent law to attack OSS.
The revised European Patent Convention updates the original agreement with more flexibility, more legal certainty, simpler procedures and reduced costs.
The high-tech industry has given the thumbs up to sweeping changes to the US patent system approved by the Senate and House committees last week.
The right to remove digital rights management controls and patent protection for free and open-source software users is an important provision in the General Public License version 3, said the Free Software Foundation.
Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates more than 230 of its patents, according to a magazine report published on Sunday.
With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.
Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik sees potential for open source in overseas markets, but obstacles include Microsoft.
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No matter what the outcome of SCO's suit against IBM over open-source code, corporations will be wary of any open-source investments, especially those that could unwittingly bring new legal risks.
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