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22 May 2013
- (User creation log); 00:45 . . Grsul011iy (Talk | contribs) New user account
- (User creation log); 00:43 . . Fakmthbefg (Talk | contribs) New user account
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21 May 2013
- (User creation log); 23:37 . . Oepysmrmic (Talk | contribs) New user account
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 10:31 . . (+17) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (seen on wikemacs)
- (diff | hist) . . Eben Moglen on software patents; 08:46 . . (+130) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→Speeches: * 2013, article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/547379/ Current challenges in the free software ecosystem], 17 Apr 2013)
- (diff | hist) . . CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 08:20 . . (+55) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→Experts' reactions: dates)
- (diff | hist) . . CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 08:18 . . (+145) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→Experts' reactions: * [http://opensource.com/law/13/5/cls-bank-case Judges split on software patents and computer transubstantiation], 20 May 2013, '''Rob Tiller''')
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 06:13 . . (+53) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
20 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . Patent trolls; 10:42 . . (+164) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: * [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130519231702268 SIIA Tells the FTC What Patent Trolls Are Doing to the Software Industry], 20 May 2013, '''Groklaw''')
17 May 2013
16 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . New Zealand Patents Bill 235; 16:55 . . (+78) . . 187.79.185.85 (Talk) (→9 May 2013: approach by RMS)
- (diff | hist) . . Canada; 10:37 . . (+267) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: * [http://www.slaw.ca/2013/05/15/patentable-subject-matter-new-notices-from-canadian-patent-office-anticipated-issues-for-the-court/ Patentable Subject Matter – New Notices From C)
- (diff | hist) . . Case law in Canada; 10:37 . . (+288) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→References: * [http://www.slaw.ca/2013/05/15/patentable-subject-matter-new-notices-from-canadian-patent-office-anticipated-issues-for-the-court/ Patentable Subject Matter – New Notices From Canad)
14 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . Patent trolls; 21:53 . . (+160) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: * [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/05/patent-troll-panel-at-yale-law-school.html Patent Troll Panel at Yale Law School], 14 May 2013, '''Patently-O''')
- (diff | hist) . . Germany; 12:42 . . (+64) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (:''May 2013: see German parliament petition against software patents'')
- (diff | hist) . . m CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 12:01 . . (+6) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→The Court's opinion(s): claims)
- (diff | hist) . . m CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 12:00 . . (0) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→The Court's opinion(s): syntax)
- (diff | hist) . . CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 12:00 . . (+792) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (==The Court's opinion(s)== The court published an extremely splintered ruling: * [http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/opinions-orders/11-1301.Opinion.5-8-2013.1.PDF The ruling (11-1301) US C)
- (diff | hist) . . CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 11:53 . . (+163) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (another article)
- (diff | hist) . . User:Ciaran; 09:26 . . (+160) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (:''To contact me, leave a message on '''my discussion page''' or for emergencies see [http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ my personal homepage].'')
- (diff | hist) . . en.swpat.org:Administrators; 09:25 . . (+61) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (This site is managed by: * Ciarán O'Riordan)
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 08:08 . . (+27) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
12 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 15:00 . . (+37) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more (see on wikemacs))
11 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . m MediaWiki:Sitenotice; 23:29 . . (-10) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (date already in text)
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Sitenotice; 19:35 . . (+1) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (the alice case ruling)
- (diff | hist) . . CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 19:33 . . (+175) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (This is a very important ruling. The US CAFC ruled ''en banc'' (all the judges together). The only appeal left that could change this would be to the US Supreme Court.)
- (diff | hist) . . N CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013; 19:32 . . (+792) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (:'' '''Big news; will post analysis in the next few hours. Contributions to this page very welcome. (11 May 2013)''' '' For background to this court case, see: '''CLS Bank v. Alice (2012, USA)'')
- (diff | hist) . . CLS Bank v. Alice (2012, USA); 19:29 . . (+105) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (:''For analysis of the court ruling, see '''CLS Bank v. Alice ruling by US CAFC on 8 May 2013''' '')
- (diff | hist) . . User talk:Ciaran; 19:27 . . (+415) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→OMG. What software patents?: :Hey! Good to hear from you. I've been holding down the fort in your absence :-) :I'm just running out the door but I'll get a quick page set up about the ruling.)
- (diff | hist) . . User talk:Ciaran; 18:18 . . (+543) . . Steelpillow (Talk | contribs) (OMG. What software patents?)
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 16:28 . . (+20) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
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10 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 19:17 . . (+8) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
- (diff | hist) . . Apple ruling by UK Court of Appeal on 3 May 2013; 14:09 . . (+72) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: categories)
- (diff | hist) . . N Apple ruling by UK Court of Appeal on 3 May 2013; 14:08 . . (+773) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In '''HTC v. Apple''', HTC challenged the validity of Apple's multi-touch patent under the European Patent Convention. The judge ruled that the patent was valid but incl...")
- (diff | hist) . . Template:Court rulings worldwide/uk; 14:04 . . (+55) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (new apple case)
- (diff | hist) . . New Zealand Patents Bill 235; 13:21 . . (+809) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→9 May 2013: The 9 May Supplementary Order proposes a weak and confusing exclusion of software patents. The most redeeming factor is that it is followed by an example which says that data process)
- (diff | hist) . . m New Zealand Patents Bill 235; 13:16 . . (+1) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→28 August 2012: syntax)
- (diff | hist) . . m New Zealand Patents Bill 235; 13:15 . . (+2) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→9 May 2013: syntax)
- (diff | hist) . . m New Zealand Patents Bill 235; 13:15 . . (+6) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (bold)
- (diff | hist) . . New Zealand Patents Bill 235; 13:15 . . (+354) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (:'''UPDATE (May 2013):''' ''The latest version (see #9_May_2013) contains a weak exclusion of software patents.'')
- (diff | hist) . . New Zealand; 13:03 . . (+3) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (:''The big hot topic is '''New Zealand Patents Bill 235'''. May 2013: new text might block software patents.'')
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 09:32 . . (+112) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
9 May 2013
7 May 2013
6 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . m User talk:Sindarus; 22:07 . . (+59) . . Sindarus (Talk | contribs) (→VLC having hard time reading ogv files (new informations): little corrections (I should definitely use the "show preview" button))
- (diff | hist) . . User talk:Sindarus; 22:06 . . (+18) . . Sindarus (Talk | contribs) (→VLC having hard time reading ogv files (new informations): )
- (diff | hist) . . User talk:Sindarus; 22:05 . . (+2,450) . . Sindarus (Talk | contribs) (VLC having hard time reading ogv files (new informations))
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 21:48 . . (+76) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
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5 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 18:09 . . (+19) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
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4 May 2013
3 May 2013
2 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . Related Wikipedia articles; 12:47 . . (+82) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→Legal aspects: * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-of-use_limitation Field-of-use limitation])
- (diff | hist) . . Related Wikipedia articles; 12:45 . . (+447) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (add internal links where possible)
- (diff | hist) . . Software patents; 12:41 . . (+31) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→Related pages on {{SITENAME}}: * Example software patents)
- (diff | hist) . . N Wikipedia; 12:37 . . (+39) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (#REDIRECTRelated Wikipedia articles)
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 12:34 . . (+1,187) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (==What price is "reasonable"?== This term is not defined and there is very little case law. The only known court where a judge put a cash value on a patent deal is the Microsoft v. Motorola case in )
1 May 2013
- (diff | hist) . . Making leaflets; 18:53 . . (+118) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→Other information materials: ** [http://endsoftpatents.org/2012/11/good-end-software-patents-video-not-by-us/ Comments about making similar films])
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 18:16 . . (+28) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
- (diff | hist) . . Making leaflets; 18:09 . . (+120) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→Other information materials: * Good video not related to our ESP campaign: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkWPGwfuQcM&webm=1 End Software Patents])
30 April 2013
- (diff | hist) . . German parliament petition against software patents; 10:38 . . (+36) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (tweaks)
29 April 2013
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 21:11 . . (+11) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (clearer: empty words requested by patent holders)
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 21:09 . . (+257) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: * [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2013042908081722 The Microsoft v. Motorola Order on RAND] and [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130426080437848 In a First, S)
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 21:07 . . (+160) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→How RAND discriminates: If the licensing terms say that direct recipients are covered but the developer cannot allow recipients to make copies and redistribute then this excludes many software di)
- (diff | hist) . . m FRAND; 21:04 . . (+14) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→How RAND discriminates: makes many types of downstream modification impossible.)
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 20:58 . . (+248) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) ("FRAND" licensing is required by some standards bodies, but the term has no definition so these requirements are basically just good intentions or an attempt by)
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 20:48 . . (+30) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (How RAND discriminates)
- (diff | hist) . . m Why abolish software patents; 17:50 . . (-19) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (clearer)
- (diff | hist) . . Why focus only on software; 16:33 . . (+250) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (Patents affect each domain differently, so opposition to software patents doesn't imply a desire to abolish other types of patents. The main reasons for focussing exclus)
- (diff | hist) . . Why abolish software patents; 16:26 . . (+199) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (A third approach is to abolish ''all'' patents, but most campaigns think it's better to focus on excluding just software.)
28 April 2013
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 00:59 . . (+198) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (rewrite into and add a patently-o link)
- (diff | hist) . . FRAND; 00:42 . . (+328) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: * [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/04/so-thats-what-rand-means-a-brief-report-on-the-findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law-in-microsoft-v-motorola.html So that’s what “rand)
27 April 2013
- (diff | hist) . . German parliament petition against software patents; 23:27 . . (+15) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (tweak and footer)
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 14:45 . . (+16) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
- (diff | hist) . . m en.swpat.org:Progress.sh; 02:02 . . (+904) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (update)
- (diff | hist) . . Harm caused by all types of patents; 01:17 . . (+180) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/24/gene-patents-scientific-research-innovation Gene patents are a hindrance to innovation], 24 Apr 2013 , '''Adam Rutherford''')
25 April 2013
- (diff | hist) . . Microsoft; 10:01 . . (+445) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→By Microsoft: * ZTE (another Chinese manufacturer)<ref>http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/13/04/24/2039248/zte-joins-long-list-of-android-device-makers-licensing-microsoft-patents</ref><ref>http://)
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 09:40 . . (+84) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
24 April 2013
- (diff | hist) . . m Microsoft; 17:14 . . (+6) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→By Microsoft: syntax)
- (diff | hist) . . Microsoft; 17:14 . . (+261) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→By Microsoft: * Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai pays for Android and Chrome<ref>[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Apr13/04-16FoxconnPR.aspx Microsoft and Foxconn Parent Hon Hai Si)
- (diff | hist) . . m MediaWiki:Sitenotice; 16:28 . . (0) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (change colour)
- (diff | hist) . . N Software Patents Directive; 15:27 . . (+43) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (#REDIRECT EU software patents directive)
- (diff | hist) . . Netherlands; 15:26 . . (+355) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (==During the Software Patents Directive== {{help|Need clearer details}} Coming up to one of the important votes by the Council, the Dutch parliament passed a motion ordering the relevant minister)
- (diff | hist) . . m German parliament petition against software patents; 15:19 . . (-75) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: pr text corrected)
- (diff | hist) . . German parliament petition against software patents; 15:18 . . (+18) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: direct link to fsfe pr)
- (diff | hist) . . German parliament petition against software patents; 15:17 . . (+53) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: ** [https://lwn.net/Articles/548187/ LWN discussion])
- (diff | hist) . . m German parliament petition against software patents; 14:58 . . (+8) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: right?)
- (diff | hist) . . German parliament petition against software patents; 14:57 . . (+123) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (→External links: * [https://lwn.net/Articles/548187/ FSFE press release] (but the motion isn't adopted, they've just agreed to consider it))
- (diff | hist) . . German parliament petition against software patents; 14:55 . . (+12) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) ( German )
- (diff | hist) . . German parliament petition against software patents; 14:55 . . (+145) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) ( ==What can we do?== * As Germans to contact members of those committees to support the proposed text?)
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Sitenotice; 14:54 . . (+321) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) ([http://en.swpat.org/wiki/German_parliament_petition_against_software_patents German parliament considering petition against software patents])
- (diff | hist) . . N German parliament petition against software patents; 14:48 . . (+977) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (On 19 April 2013, the German parliament (Bundestag) approved the sending of an anti-software-patents "petition" (draft motion) to three parliamentary committees. The three committees will debate this)
- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 09:21 . . (+30) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
23 April 2013
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- (diff | hist) . . MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; 08:39 . . (+16) . . Ciaran (Talk | contribs) (more)
