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IBM is however against [[business method patents]] (such as the patent at the heard of the [[in re Bilski]] case in the [[USA]]).<ref>http://business.newsfactor.com/news/-Business-Method--Patents-Reviewed/story.xhtml?story_id=003000773V1X</ref>
 
IBM is however against [[business method patents]] (such as the patent at the heard of the [[in re Bilski]] case in the [[USA]]).<ref>http://business.newsfactor.com/news/-Business-Method--Patents-Reviewed/story.xhtml?story_id=003000773V1X</ref>
  
For information about IBM's 2008 amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the [[USA]] regarding [[Bilski]], see [[Fake representatives of free software#IBM]].
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Revision as of 22:42, 9 April 2010

IBM is one of the biggest lobbyist for software patents (along with Microsoft), as can be seen in their amicus brief for the EPO's software patent consultation in April 2009.

IBM is however against business method patents (such as the patent at the heard of the in re Bilski case in the USA).[1]

For information about IBM's 2008 amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the USA regarding Bilski, see Fake representatives of free software#IBM.

Selection of patents held

Patent pledges

TurboHercules, 2010

(See: IBM and TurboHercules, 2010)

In April 2010, IBM sent a seemingly threatening list of patents to the free software project TurboHercules. However, there was no explicit threat, and no suits were filed.

Bilski submissions

In the 2008 Bilski case, IBM submitted a pro-swpat brief.[1]

Key people

  • Fritz Teufel, patent department head of IBM in Germany and Europe

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

References