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What Would You Like to Ask Open Invention Network CEO Jerry Rosenthal? (Groklaw)
Groklaw is looking
for a few good questions. "A lot of legal brainpower has been
going into trying to figure out solutions to the patent threat hanging in
the air. We all assume that Microsoft will kill Linux if it can ever find a
way, and heaven only knows Steve Ballmer has made veiled threats about
using patents. Lawyers on the Linux side understand that language and some
real creativity has gone into devising some ways to block, such as the
OSDL's patent commons and FOSS search engine project to make it easier for
the USPTO to find FOSS prior art and NYU's Open Source prior art project. I
believe these are helpful projects. One of the most creative ideas, in my
view, is the Open Invention Network, which launched in November of 2005. I
know some of you have issues with any strategy that involves patents, so I
asked OIN'S CEO Jerry Rosenthal if he would answer your questions, and he
has agreed. It's an opportunity to get a firm grasp of what the strategy
is, how it is working or not, and what the future might be."
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