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* [[Business method patents]] (Bilski's patent is a business method, not a software idea) | * [[Business method patents]] (Bilski's patent is a business method, not a software idea) | ||
+ | * [[Software is math]] (Ben Klemens explains how a "match making" patent, US6,735,568 is just math) | ||
==The court cases mentioned== | ==The court cases mentioned== |
Revision as of 09:36, 16 April 2010
Patently Absurd is a half-hour film about software patents, to be published soon.
Contents
The issues raised
Scene by scene:
Outside the Bilski hearing
- Bilksi
- Silly patents - many would call Bilski's patent, and others mentioned, trivial or silly
- Business method patents (Bilski's patent is a business method, not a software idea)
- Software is math (Ben Klemens explains how a "match making" patent, US6,735,568 is just math)
The court cases mentioned
The cast
- James Bessen
- Dan Bricklin
- Peter Brown
- Mishi Choudhary
- Ben Klemens
- Timothy B. Lee
- Eben Moglen
- Ciarán O'Riordan
- Dan Ravicher
- Karen Sandler
- Richard Stallman
- Jesse Vincent
- Mark Webbink
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- List of recordings and transcripts
- Boston swpat conference 2006 videos
- Audio-video patents
- Ogg Theora
External links