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Dave RahardjaI hope countries around the world feel emboldened to repeal all the intellectual property laws that they adopted in return for favorable terms of trade with the US. None of it matters any more. It should be apparent now that US tariffs are getting applied RANDOMLY, to countries EVEN WHEN THEY COMPLY WITH ALL TRADE DEALS. I hope they do themselves a favor and free their societies from the shackles of US economic imperialism and innovate in a way that US companies cannot.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/intellectualProperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intellectualProperty</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a>

DustinAt least now the possibility of the Apple Watch ECG function being turned off is gone.I wonder if Apple Watches will ever again have blood oxygen running on them? This is actually one reason I don't want to upgrade mine as it was purchased before this ban and still has this functionality.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patents</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/114123001817152544" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/114123001817152544</a>

Otis Scops aka Crash CourseI always love a good initiative that circumvents or limits big-techs' horrible monopolism and arrogance and abuse of patents, copy-rights and whatever laws and rules that are never there to protect YOU, but always to protect capital!So...Get honest answers to the questions that have been bugging you about technology. And get to know how the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) fights every day to make sure your rights follow you into the digital world. Ever wondered... Why is it so expensive to repair my devices? Can the government read my text messages? Is my phone listening to me? Do I really own the digital media I bought? Why is printer ink so expensive?<a href="https://www.digitalrightsbytes.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.digitalrightsbytes.org/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monopoly</a> technology <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrashCourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrashCourse</a>

TypographicaFun type design and labor facts:1. The first US design patent was a typeface patent. <a href="https://typographica.org/on-typography/copyright-protection-of-typefaces/#comment-1418735" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://typographica.org/on-typography/copyright-protection-of-typefaces/#comment-1418735</a>The US denies copyright protection for typefaces, but not font software (for now… <a href="https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/65603/#Comment_65603" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/65603/#Comment_65603</a>). Foundries may be able to protect a type design with a patent, and a typeface name with a trademark. <a href="https://www.commarts.com/columns/fonts-and-the-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commarts.com/columns/fonts-and-the-law</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patents</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copyright</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fonts</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TypeDesign</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typefaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Typefaces</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Typography</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TrademarkLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrademarkLaw</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unions</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Typography</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TypeDesign</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Printing</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensHistoryMonth</a>

Maria Chiara Pievatolo" Now that <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has announced that the terms of US free trade deals are optional (for the US, at least), there's no reason not to delete Article 6 of the <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/EUCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EUCD</a>, and all the other laws that prevent European companies from jailbreaking iPhones and making their own App Stores (minus Apple's 30% commission), as well as ad-blockers for Facebook and Instagram's apps (which would zero out EU revenue for Meta), and, of course, jailbreaking tools for Xboxes, Teslas, and every make and model of every American car, so European companies could offer service, parts, apps, and add-ons for them."<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/object-permanence/#picks-and-shovels" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/object-permanence/#picks-and-shovels</a>If European politicians were not vassals under the heel of the same masters, this could be a more powerful and fairer response than buying (patented) US weapons.But the <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> defended <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> even on vaccines in the middle of a deadly pandemic. They chose death over freedom and are planning to do it again.

The Japan TimesThe Supreme Court has rejected FC2's appeals against two lower court rulings ordering the Las Vegas-based video-sharing platform operator to stop violating Japanese peer Dwango's patent on a comment-posting system. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/crime-legal/dwango-fc2-top-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/crime-legal/dwango-fc2-top-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimelegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fc2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fc2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dwango" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dwango</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#supremecourt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayThis week I've been mainly reading, no. 214. Nicola Griffith's novel of corporate control of intellectual property & the owners' family intrigues is sort of sci-fi, but really Slow River (1995/2012) is a business thriller (both legitimate & illegitimate businesses). Its a well written & intriguing read, which has a number of reveals that work well. To the extent is steps between genres its difficult to place, but very much worth reading.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a>

Karsten SchmidtSome people are dedicating their entire adult life to sharing ideas, knowledge and inspiration with others in the hope to bring forth a better world, others are dedicating their years to hoarding patents for every little "insight" (incl. brain farts) they ever had or been involved with, and then use this collection of accumulated "IP" as central/singular thesis to brag about on their website...Case in point, the personal website of Humane AI's CEO: <a href="http://www.imranchaudhri.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.imranchaudhri.com/</a>🤯<a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patents</a>

Carlo Piana 😼All repeat with me: <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> don't mean innovation. Not all you read in patents will be future technology, not all innovative things end up in patents (the web, QR codes, for example), not all you find in patents is an invention, reading patents teach you nearly nothing about how technology works. Software patents are mostly crap, and totally useless for developers anyway.

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseUSPTO: USPTO launches new Open Data Portal for easy, quick access to data. “As we modernize our systems and improve customer experience, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched our new Open Data Portal (ODP) on February 12. In our effort to deliver accessible, open data, this site provides easy access to relevant data sets in a user-friendly site that combines several services […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/16/uspto-uspto-launches-new-open-data-portal-for-easy-quick-access-to-data/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/16/uspto-uspto-launches-new-open-data-portal-for-easy-quick-access-to-data/</a>

Simon PhippsThe patent-telecoms-complex has been granted its wish and the move by the EU to regulate <a href="https://meshed.cloud/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> embedded in <a href="https://meshed.cloud/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#standards</a> (<a href="https://meshed.cloud/tags/SEPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEPs</a>) has been killed. SEP holders prefer expensive, obscure, anti-competitive litigation and were afraid the transparency would harm them so lobbied Council into submission.<a href="https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/eu-commission-withdraws-sep-regulation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/eu-commission-withdraws-sep-regulation/</a>This doesn't mean action is not required however. SEPs embedded in the standards we have to obey to comply with the law have got to go. <a href="https://opensource.org/blog/standards-and-the-presumption-of-conformity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/blog/standards-and-the-presumption-of-conformity</a>

jbz🎧 You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free ｢ The MP3 format, once the gold standard for digital audio files, is now free. The licensing and patents on MP3 encoders have expired, meaning you can now include them in your applications without paying royalties. For software developers and audio enthusiasts, this might seem like a big deal ｣<a href="https://idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is-free" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is-free</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/mp3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mp3</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/codecs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#codecs</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://blob.cat/users/icedquinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@icedquinn</a> +9001%<ul><li>Also no standard laced with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> should be accepted - period!</li></ul>I'm talking about you, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cisco</a>! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Address_Redundancy_Protocol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Address_Redundancy_Protocol</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRRP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRRP</a>

alecmSoftware > Patents: open-source Python plugin for slicer software implements staggered layers, improves strength, violates dodgy patentsVia Reddit, the <a href="https://github.com/TengerTechnologies/Bricklayers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bricklayers plugin for PrusaSlicer and OrcaSlicer</a> is a dinky little python script that implements staggered-layer 3D-printed walls that improve print strength commonsensically… but open a can of patent worms<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/1i7jyrd/bricklayers_now_opensource_for_prusaslicer_and/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/1i7jyrd/bricklayers_now_opensource_for_prusaslicer_and/</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/3d-printing" target="_blank">#3dPrinting</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/bricklayers" target="_blank">#bricklayers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/orca-slicer" target="_blank">#orcaSlicer</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/patents" target="_blank">#patents</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/prusa-slicer" target="_blank">#prusaSlicer</a>

E. Richard GoldCanada needs to engage in asymmetric retaliation should Trump impose tariffs: we remove the concessions it previously made to US in trade agreements: <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IntellectualProperty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IntellectualProperty</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23entertainment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entertainment</a>, etc. E.g., we need to render US-controlled <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23patents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> useless: <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-must-hit-the-us-where-it-hurts-most-its-lucrative-patents/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...</a> <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-must-hit-the-us-where-it-hurts-most-its-lucrative-patents/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Opinion: Canada must hit the U...</a>

The OpenAIRE GraphWhat is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAIREGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAIREGraph</a>? We are one of the largest, most interconnected global knowledge graphs, interlinking hundreds of millions of metadata records from trusted sources around the globe. The authoritative source for the European Open Science Cloud (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EOSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EOSC</a>), we provide a comprehensive, FAIR-by-design view of research, covering not just <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publications</a> but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> & more. Learn more: <a href="https://graph.openaire.eu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://graph.openaire.eu/</a>

ScottTheGeek :verified:<a href="https://twit.social/tags/Zelda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Zelda</a>: Tears Of The Kingdom Loading Sequence Patent Filed By <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Nintendo</a> <a href="https://www.turtlekickers.com/index.php?topic=205.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.turtlekickers.com/index.php?topic=205.0</a><a href="https://twit.social/tags/NintendoSwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NintendoSwitch</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TotK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TotK</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/LegendOfZelda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LegendOfZelda</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TheLegendOfZelda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TheLegendOfZelda</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/LegendOfZeldaTearOfTheKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LegendOfZeldaTearOfTheKingdom</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#patent</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#patents</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#videogames</a>

Tony of Silly-con ValleySo, my <a href="https://twit.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#introduction</a>: I'm a die hard techie with more years in the industry than I can count on all my appendages. Been thru large companies as well as successful and not-so-much <a href="https://twit.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#startups</a> with a few <a href="https://twit.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#patents</a> under my belt. I teach/mentor a bit at my alma mater and write a tech-for-non-techies column for my old hometown newspaper. Irredeemable <a href="https://twit.social/tags/optimist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#optimist</a>.

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