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Managing IP Issues with Software

Black Duck's software sounds like an interesting product. As John explains it , protextIP "analyzes your source code, determines where every line of it came from, identifies and summarizes licensing issues affecting every scrap, and identifies areas of potential exposure." They also recently introduced...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-18-2007
Licensing the Office 2007 UI - what is Microsoft's IP strategy?

Jensen Harris announced that the Office 2007 Ribbon UI can be licensed . For the last year or so, one of the questions I've been asked again and again has been: "Can I use the new Office user interface in my own product?" I have to be honest - I'm a bit baffled at this whole thing. Note, they are not...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 11-27-2006
More on the Web 2.0 Trademark

Marty illustrates (quite literally) the problem with the Web 2.0 trademark. Marty argues, as I did before, that the mark is generic and thus unprotectable. He points out though that this was not just genericide, but "self-induced genericide". Before all of this happened, Alex realized the unifying theory...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-16-2006
Russian Software Developer Beats Pirate in Boxing Ring

Apparently not content with legal remedies (after all, Russia is not known for it's anti-piracy efforts), a Russian software developer took matters into his own hands . In February, Smirnov saw the dealer selling CDs with his company’s software at a computer market without a license. Smirnov demanded...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-31-2006
Balthesar's "Rich-Media Application" patent

Interesting article in Information Week about another broad patent which may lead to a RIM-like showdown. Another big patent fight may be looming. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a broad patent that could force tens of thousands of businesses to pay royalties for processes that have...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-07-2006
Rethinking the Exclusive Reproduction Right in the Digital Context

In the past, I had small disagreement with Robert Scoble in terms of republishing content. Robert said that "by publishing RSS as full text you're buying into a system where your words will be republished in a variety of ways." I disagreed with him, of course. The medium in which you publish...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-05-2005
Should we apply product liability to software?

Rob points out an article that suggests that software developers should be held liable for security and (presumbly) other bugs. While I may not agree in the article's entirety I do agree in part. That is, software manufacturers should assume liability for poorly constructed products just as "real" manufacturers...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 11-01-2005
Innovation in the Post-Grokster Era

Many, including myself , initially thought the unanimous Grokster decision was a disaster for innovation. Some still claim it will significantly chill innovation as nuances of the inducement test are fleshed out in litigation, but it's not the clear disaster that we once thought. As I mentioned briefly...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-11-2005
A quick rant on H1-B Visas

On a related note, I agree with Faisal's criticism of Wally's H1-B rant . I don't purport to be an expert here (quite the opposite), but we need to remember that outsourcing is different than the work visa issue. In the former, work is exported from the country because those in places like India or Brazil...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 05-03-2005

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