Patent & IP news for November 7, 2015

TPP backlash: is the finalised agreement worth the hype? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Tom DeardenThis blog has devoted a number of (concerned) posts [here] to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, also known as TPP and possibly on account of its aura of secrecy.
A couple of days ago New ...

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Ericsson wants to obtain Apple's carrier agreements in order to buttress its patent royalty demands from www.fosspatents.com

I write about discovery disputes only once or twice a year because most of them don't matter to anyone other than the parties. But two letters filed by Apple and Ericsson in the Northern ...

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Hypocritical Red Hat hopes to leverage patents to cement its Linux market leadership: Microsoft deal from www.fosspatents.com

This commentary on the Microsoft-Red Hat partnership is a back-to-the-roots post for me. This blog started as a Free and Open Source Software Patents blog--hence the FOSS Patents name-- and only because of all the ...

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‘One Battleship Has Arrived In Port’ – A Japanese View On The TPP from www.ip-watch.org

The TPP is done, or not quite. But what still lacks, what are next steps and what does the finalized deal do to the grand picture of the mega trade deal landscape? Japanese economist Nakagawa ...

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