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| − | '''[[Groklaw]]''' is a website run by Pamela Jones, a paralegal in the [[USA]]. It provides news, comments and archive material on important cases relevant to software law, especially with respect to copyrights and [[software patents]]. PJ, and hence Groklaw, is a keen advocate of [[free software]] and is opposed to software patents. | + | {{navbox}}'''[[Groklaw]]''' is a website run by Pamela Jones, a paralegal in the [[USA]]. It provides news, comments and archive material on important cases relevant to software law, especially with respect to copyrights and [[software patents]]. PJ, and hence Groklaw, is a keen advocate of [[free software]] and is opposed to software patents. |
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* [[Microsoft vs TomTom, 2008]] | * [[Microsoft vs TomTom, 2008]] | ||
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==The case for software patents== | ==The case for software patents== | ||
Revision as of 10:29, 9 April 2010
Groklaw is a website run by Pamela Jones, a paralegal in the USA. It provides news, comments and archive material on important cases relevant to software law, especially with respect to copyrights and software patents. PJ, and hence Groklaw, is a keen advocate of free software and is opposed to software patents.
Jones was director of legal research of the now-defunct Open Source Risk Management.
Contents
Specific topics covered on Groklaw
- Bilski v. Kappos (2009, USA)
- In re Bilski
- Legal wordings
- Microsoft vs TomTom, 2008
- IBM and TurboHercules, 2010
The case for software patents
Pamela Jones invited the law firm of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks to write an article for Groklaw, defending business methods and software patents. They came up with The Arguments For Patents for Business Methods and Software-Implemented Inventions. Groklaw naturally disagrees with their position. The End Software Patents campaign mirrored this action, getting an article on the Patently-o blog: Abandoning software patents?.
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- News links - the news links pages contain links to some relevant articles on Groklaw. The table of news links can be sorted by the 'Website' column
