The Zeitgeist

Apparently, the self-described International Intellectual Property Alliance, which includes perennial bad actors such as the  MPAA and the RIAA as member is now pushing a rules change in the US export/import controls that would brand Open Source Software as pirated goods and that in fact Open Source software is a “threat” to the very existence of [...]

Tags: apache, apache software foundation, BSD, copyright, IIPA, intellectual property, iPhone, Linux, open source, Palm, Patents

Iiiinteresting. Twitter seems to, despite previous assurances from co-founder Biz Stone that it wouldn’t, be going after app developers using “Tweet” as part of their app names.
Now, if Twitter actually had a trademark on the term “tweet” it would be one thing, but to be sending takedown notices for something you don’t own [...]

Tags: dmca, lawyers, Patents, penalty, trademarks, twitter, USPTO