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Revision as of 06:18, 18 May 2010
In 1994, the USPTO held hearings on software patents.
Many companies that argued against software patents at this hearing later turned into advocates of software patents.
Statements
The following is a (partial?) list of statements made at this hearing.
- Adobe: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_adobe.htm
- Autodesk: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_autodesk.htm
- Borland International: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_borland.htm
- IBM: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_ibm.htm
- Microsoft: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_microsoft.htm
- Mitch Kapor (Founder of Lotus): http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_kapor.htm
- Oracle: http://www.bustpatents.com/articles/oracle.htm
- Silicon Graphics: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_sgi.htm
- Sun Microsystems: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_sun.htm
- Synopsys: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_synopsys.htm
- Time Warner Cable: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_timewarner.htm
- Videodiscovery: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_videodiscovery.htm
- Wind River Systems: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_windriver.htm
Related pages on ESP Wiki
External links
- James Huggins' pages about the hearings
- http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/index.html
- http://www.bustpatents.com/articles/oracle.htm (see Oracle)
- http://progfree.org/Patents/san-jose.html - LPF
- www.base.com/software-patents/software-patents.html (archive.org copy) - also listing positions from this hearing