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'''[[Groklaw]]''' is a website run by Pamela Jones ("PJ"), 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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[[Groklaw]] is a website run by Pamela Jones, a paralegal in the USA. It provides news, comment and archive material on important cases relevant to software law, especially with respect to copyrights and patents. PJ, and hence Groklaw, is a keen advocate of free software and is opposed to software patents.
 
  
Articles on {{SITENAME}} which reference material to be found on Groklaw include:
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Jones was director of legal research of the now-defunct [[Open Source Risk Management]].
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Groklaw and its community has helped find [[prior art]] for number of projects threatened by software patents.<ref>http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100603011319457</ref>
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==Specific topics covered on Groklaw==
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* [[Bilski v. Kappos (2009, USA)]]
 
* [[In re Bilski]]
 
* [[In re Bilski]]
 
* [[Legal wordings]]
 
* [[Legal wordings]]
 
* [[Microsoft vs TomTom, 2008]]
 
* [[Microsoft vs TomTom, 2008]]
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* [[IBM and TurboHercules, 2010]]
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* [[Trend Micro v. Barracuda (2008, USA)]]
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==The case for software patents==
  
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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 [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090926131450794 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: [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/11/abandoning-software-patents.html Abandoning software patents?].
  
==The case for software patents==
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==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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 [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090926131450794 The Arguments For Patents for Business Methods and Software-Implemented Inventions]. Groklaw naturally disagrees with their position.
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* [[Sources of software patent news]]
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** [[Patently-O]]
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** [[IFOSSLR patent articles]]
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** [[Slashdot]]
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* [[News links]] - an unmaintained list of links to relevant articles on Groklaw. To see the Groklaw articles, sort the table by the 'Website' column and go to the Groklaw section
  
 
==External links==
 
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* [http://www.groklaw.net Groklaw]
 
* [http://www.groklaw.net Groklaw]
 
* [http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20050402193202442 Groklaw's articles about patents]
 
* [http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20050402193202442 Groklaw's articles about patents]
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* [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091002212330353 Groklaw discusses ESP's Bilski brief to the Supreme Court]
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==References==
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* Note: Groklaw's date format is yy-mm-dd
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Latest revision as of 09:24, 24 July 2013

Groklaw is a website run by Pamela Jones ("PJ"), 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.

Groklaw and its community has helped find prior art for number of projects threatened by software patents.[1]

Specific topics covered on Groklaw

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

External links

References

  • Note: Groklaw's date format is yy-mm-dd