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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 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:
 
Articles on {{SITENAME}} which reference material to be found on Groklaw include:
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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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==The case for software patents==
 
==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 [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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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?].
  
 
==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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Revision as of 21:52, 10 January 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 patents. PJ, and hence Groklaw, is a keen advocate of free software and is opposed to software patents.

Articles on ESP Wiki which reference material to be found on Groklaw include:

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?.

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