APIs are the new patents
api500.com
on 04/02/2013
Excerpt: How to stabilize the API economy? With trust. Here I am trying to find a rating model that helps developers manage risk and opportunities in using APIs. Every critical point of view is welcome, this is a tool for us, let's build it together. Mehdi Medjaoui, from Webshell. io
tl;dr : Patents provide juridical and commercial protection and monopoly in counterparty of publications and explanations of scientific inventions to everybody. APIs provide juridical and commercial protection and monopoly in counterparty of opening data, services and resources to third-parties.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent, Story
Google''s Patent Pledge Says Tech Giant Won''t Sue ''Unless First Attacked''
www.huffingtonpost.com
on 03/29/2013
Excerpt: Google is aiming to fight back against so-called patent trolls, announcing Thursday on its Open Source blog that it's taking part in a self-designed Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge (OPN). Going forward, this means that the company will take 10 of its patents and pledge "not to sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on [those] specified patents, unless first attacked. " Google goes on to explain what it means by "first attacked": "The Pledge may be terminated, but only if a party brings a patent suit against Google products or services, or is directly profiting from such litigation.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent
Judge Says Mathematical Algorithms Can’t Be Patented, Dismisses Uniloc Claim Against Rackspace
techcrunch.com
on 03/28/2013
Excerpt: A federal judge has thrown out a patent claim against Rackspace, ruling that mathematical algorithms can’t be patented. The ruling in the Eastern Disrict stemmed from a 2012 complaint filed by Uniloc USA asserting that processing of floating point numbers by the Linux operating system was a patent violation. Chief Judge Leonard Davis based the ruling on U. S. Supreme Court case law that prohibits the patenting of mathematical algorithms. According to Rackspace, this is the first reported instance in which the Eastern District of Texas has granted an early motion to dismiss finding a patent invalid because it claimed unpatentable subject matter. Red Hat, which supplies Linux to Rackspace, provided Rackspace’s defense.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent
Twitter gets a patent on... Twitter | The Verge
www.theverge.com
on 03/19/2013
Excerpt: Although Twitter famously has a pending patent on the familiar "pull-to-refresh" gesture, the company may have just acquired something more valuable: a patent on the Twitter messaging service itself. The new patent issued today with Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone listed as inventors, and broadly describes a messaging service in which users follow each other and sent messages don't have specific recipients, but are rather sent and displayed to those followers by the system itself. That's exactly how Twitter works, of course — it's definitely more of a broadcasting system than a direct messaging service, and the patent claims explicitly make reference to "broadcasting an update message" several times.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent, Twitter
EFF’s Fight for Open 3D Printing Continues at Ask Patents
www.eff.org
on 03/18/2013
Excerpt: We’ve been working for some time—with your help—to ensure that improvidently granted patents don’t threaten exciting and growing 3D printing technology. The good news is that with the help of the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, we’ve been able to challenge a number of such dangerous patent applications at the Patent Office. But we’re not done. The project to challenge patent applications covering 3D printing technology is important not just because of the promise of that technology, but because we’re relying on a fairly new legal procedure called Preissuance Submissions.... read the full post.
Tags: 3D-Printing, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, patent
Starting today, the US has a ‘first to file’ patent system, so you can leave that prior art at the door
feedproxy.google.com
on 03/16/2013
Excerpt: Public service announcement: starting today, as per the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the United States has switched from a ‘first to invent’ system to a ‘first to file. ’
In short, it doesn’t matter if someone thought up your idea a week before you and has a single scribbled note on paper proving so, if you are the first person to file for a patent, it’s all yours. Before, whomever could prove that they had thought something up first could depend in legal primacy regarding intellectual property protection. The move brings the United States into better keeping with the international community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Voice, patent
Oracle Sues Patent Troll for Behaving Like Oracle
www.wired.com
on 06/05/2012
Excerpt: Fresh off its failed attempt to prove that Google’s Android operating system infringed on its Java patents, Oracle has sued a small company called Lodsys, complaining that the Texas-based outfit has been harassing its customers with questionable claims of patent infringement. “Lodsys has repeatedly threatened numerous Oracle customers with assertion of the Patents-in-Suit against Oracle’s Web Commerce Products,” Oracle’s suit read (. pdf). “Lodsys is not entitled to any royalties from Oracle or any of its customers, nor does Oracle or any of its customers need a license to the Patents-in-Suit.... read the full post.
Tags: Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Google and Oracle Enter Round Two of Heavyweight Legal Fight
www.techmeme.com
on 05/08/2012
Excerpt: Zuckerberg's Hoodie a ‘Mark of Immaturity,’ Analyst Says — Mark Zuckerberg is known for having arrived late for a meeting with prospective investor Sequoia Capital and giving a less-than-serious pitch while wearing pajamas. — Now, as Facebook preps its initial public offering …
More: CNET, Om Malik, The Next Web and The Technology Chronicles Tweets: @k and @getwired
Facebook changes IPO pitch in Boston, scraps video — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's initial public offering pitch played to some bad reviews in New York, so for its Boston audience on Tuesday, the 30-minute video was scrapped and the company took more questions from analysts and potential investors.... read the full post.
Tags: Copyright, Google, Oracle, patent, Techmeme
Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Covered By Copyright Law? - Forbes
www.forbes.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: The high stakes lawsuit between Oracle and Google is based on claims that Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s copyrights and patents related to Java. This article will attempt to explain the first phase of the trial relating to the copyright claims. The patent claims will be dealt with in a subsequent and separate phase of the case. And the final phase of the trial will address Oracle’s damages, if any. Java is a programming platform originally developed by Sun in the 1990s and acquired by Oracle as part of its purchase of Sun in 2010. The Java programming language itself is distributed by Oracle under an open-source license which essentially means it is free to use.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: I am watching this court case closely to see what comes out of it. Whether the court rules on the copyrightable nature of APIs, will have some major impacts on API access. As of this comment, the jury was sent home for the weekend. I'm hoping we'll have more detail on this court case next week.
Tags: API Voice, Copyright, Court, Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Programming languages not copyrightable rules top EU court
www.itworld.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: May 02, 2012, 9:13 AM — Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made the decision in relation to a case brought by SAS Institute against World Programming Limited (WPL). SAS makes data processing and statistical analysis programs. The core component of the SAS system allows users to write and run application programs written in SAS programming language.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: This is a huge precedent and something I'm beginning on seeing a trend with, where the EU has an anchoring perspective when it comes to data, privacy, security, copyright and patents. We will see EU policy challenge US policy in these areas heavily in the years to come.
Tags: APIs, Copyright, Court, Legal, patent
Excerpt: Google is aiming to fight back against so-called patent trolls, announcing Thursday on its Open Source blog that it's taking part in a self-designed Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge (OPN). Going forward, this means that the company will take 10 of its patents and pledge "not to sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on [those] specified patents, unless first attacked. " Google goes on to explain what it means by "first attacked": "The Pledge may be terminated, but only if a party brings a patent suit against Google products or services, or is directly profiting from such litigation.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent
Judge Says Mathematical Algorithms Can’t Be Patented, Dismisses Uniloc Claim Against Rackspace
techcrunch.com
on 03/28/2013
Excerpt: A federal judge has thrown out a patent claim against Rackspace, ruling that mathematical algorithms can’t be patented. The ruling in the Eastern Disrict stemmed from a 2012 complaint filed by Uniloc USA asserting that processing of floating point numbers by the Linux operating system was a patent violation. Chief Judge Leonard Davis based the ruling on U. S. Supreme Court case law that prohibits the patenting of mathematical algorithms. According to Rackspace, this is the first reported instance in which the Eastern District of Texas has granted an early motion to dismiss finding a patent invalid because it claimed unpatentable subject matter. Red Hat, which supplies Linux to Rackspace, provided Rackspace’s defense.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent
Twitter gets a patent on... Twitter | The Verge
www.theverge.com
on 03/19/2013
Excerpt: Although Twitter famously has a pending patent on the familiar "pull-to-refresh" gesture, the company may have just acquired something more valuable: a patent on the Twitter messaging service itself. The new patent issued today with Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone listed as inventors, and broadly describes a messaging service in which users follow each other and sent messages don't have specific recipients, but are rather sent and displayed to those followers by the system itself. That's exactly how Twitter works, of course — it's definitely more of a broadcasting system than a direct messaging service, and the patent claims explicitly make reference to "broadcasting an update message" several times.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent, Twitter
EFF’s Fight for Open 3D Printing Continues at Ask Patents
www.eff.org
on 03/18/2013
Excerpt: We’ve been working for some time—with your help—to ensure that improvidently granted patents don’t threaten exciting and growing 3D printing technology. The good news is that with the help of the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, we’ve been able to challenge a number of such dangerous patent applications at the Patent Office. But we’re not done. The project to challenge patent applications covering 3D printing technology is important not just because of the promise of that technology, but because we’re relying on a fairly new legal procedure called Preissuance Submissions.... read the full post.
Tags: 3D-Printing, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, patent
Starting today, the US has a ‘first to file’ patent system, so you can leave that prior art at the door
feedproxy.google.com
on 03/16/2013
Excerpt: Public service announcement: starting today, as per the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the United States has switched from a ‘first to invent’ system to a ‘first to file. ’
In short, it doesn’t matter if someone thought up your idea a week before you and has a single scribbled note on paper proving so, if you are the first person to file for a patent, it’s all yours. Before, whomever could prove that they had thought something up first could depend in legal primacy regarding intellectual property protection. The move brings the United States into better keeping with the international community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Voice, patent
Oracle Sues Patent Troll for Behaving Like Oracle
www.wired.com
on 06/05/2012
Excerpt: Fresh off its failed attempt to prove that Google’s Android operating system infringed on its Java patents, Oracle has sued a small company called Lodsys, complaining that the Texas-based outfit has been harassing its customers with questionable claims of patent infringement. “Lodsys has repeatedly threatened numerous Oracle customers with assertion of the Patents-in-Suit against Oracle’s Web Commerce Products,” Oracle’s suit read (. pdf). “Lodsys is not entitled to any royalties from Oracle or any of its customers, nor does Oracle or any of its customers need a license to the Patents-in-Suit.... read the full post.
Tags: Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Google and Oracle Enter Round Two of Heavyweight Legal Fight
www.techmeme.com
on 05/08/2012
Excerpt: Zuckerberg's Hoodie a ‘Mark of Immaturity,’ Analyst Says — Mark Zuckerberg is known for having arrived late for a meeting with prospective investor Sequoia Capital and giving a less-than-serious pitch while wearing pajamas. — Now, as Facebook preps its initial public offering …
More: CNET, Om Malik, The Next Web and The Technology Chronicles Tweets: @k and @getwired
Facebook changes IPO pitch in Boston, scraps video — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's initial public offering pitch played to some bad reviews in New York, so for its Boston audience on Tuesday, the 30-minute video was scrapped and the company took more questions from analysts and potential investors.... read the full post.
Tags: Copyright, Google, Oracle, patent, Techmeme
Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Covered By Copyright Law? - Forbes
www.forbes.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: The high stakes lawsuit between Oracle and Google is based on claims that Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s copyrights and patents related to Java. This article will attempt to explain the first phase of the trial relating to the copyright claims. The patent claims will be dealt with in a subsequent and separate phase of the case. And the final phase of the trial will address Oracle’s damages, if any. Java is a programming platform originally developed by Sun in the 1990s and acquired by Oracle as part of its purchase of Sun in 2010. The Java programming language itself is distributed by Oracle under an open-source license which essentially means it is free to use.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: I am watching this court case closely to see what comes out of it. Whether the court rules on the copyrightable nature of APIs, will have some major impacts on API access. As of this comment, the jury was sent home for the weekend. I'm hoping we'll have more detail on this court case next week.
Tags: API Voice, Copyright, Court, Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Programming languages not copyrightable rules top EU court
www.itworld.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: May 02, 2012, 9:13 AM — Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made the decision in relation to a case brought by SAS Institute against World Programming Limited (WPL). SAS makes data processing and statistical analysis programs. The core component of the SAS system allows users to write and run application programs written in SAS programming language.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: This is a huge precedent and something I'm beginning on seeing a trend with, where the EU has an anchoring perspective when it comes to data, privacy, security, copyright and patents. We will see EU policy challenge US policy in these areas heavily in the years to come.
Tags: APIs, Copyright, Court, Legal, patent
Excerpt: Although Twitter famously has a pending patent on the familiar "pull-to-refresh" gesture, the company may have just acquired something more valuable: a patent on the Twitter messaging service itself. The new patent issued today with Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone listed as inventors, and broadly describes a messaging service in which users follow each other and sent messages don't have specific recipients, but are rather sent and displayed to those followers by the system itself. That's exactly how Twitter works, of course — it's definitely more of a broadcasting system than a direct messaging service, and the patent claims explicitly make reference to "broadcasting an update message" several times.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Legal, patent, Twitter
EFF’s Fight for Open 3D Printing Continues at Ask Patents
www.eff.org
on 03/18/2013
Excerpt: We’ve been working for some time—with your help—to ensure that improvidently granted patents don’t threaten exciting and growing 3D printing technology. The good news is that with the help of the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, we’ve been able to challenge a number of such dangerous patent applications at the Patent Office. But we’re not done. The project to challenge patent applications covering 3D printing technology is important not just because of the promise of that technology, but because we’re relying on a fairly new legal procedure called Preissuance Submissions.... read the full post.
Tags: 3D-Printing, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, patent
Starting today, the US has a ‘first to file’ patent system, so you can leave that prior art at the door
feedproxy.google.com
on 03/16/2013
Excerpt: Public service announcement: starting today, as per the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the United States has switched from a ‘first to invent’ system to a ‘first to file. ’
In short, it doesn’t matter if someone thought up your idea a week before you and has a single scribbled note on paper proving so, if you are the first person to file for a patent, it’s all yours. Before, whomever could prove that they had thought something up first could depend in legal primacy regarding intellectual property protection. The move brings the United States into better keeping with the international community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Voice, patent
Oracle Sues Patent Troll for Behaving Like Oracle
www.wired.com
on 06/05/2012
Excerpt: Fresh off its failed attempt to prove that Google’s Android operating system infringed on its Java patents, Oracle has sued a small company called Lodsys, complaining that the Texas-based outfit has been harassing its customers with questionable claims of patent infringement. “Lodsys has repeatedly threatened numerous Oracle customers with assertion of the Patents-in-Suit against Oracle’s Web Commerce Products,” Oracle’s suit read (. pdf). “Lodsys is not entitled to any royalties from Oracle or any of its customers, nor does Oracle or any of its customers need a license to the Patents-in-Suit.... read the full post.
Tags: Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Google and Oracle Enter Round Two of Heavyweight Legal Fight
www.techmeme.com
on 05/08/2012
Excerpt: Zuckerberg's Hoodie a ‘Mark of Immaturity,’ Analyst Says — Mark Zuckerberg is known for having arrived late for a meeting with prospective investor Sequoia Capital and giving a less-than-serious pitch while wearing pajamas. — Now, as Facebook preps its initial public offering …
More: CNET, Om Malik, The Next Web and The Technology Chronicles Tweets: @k and @getwired
Facebook changes IPO pitch in Boston, scraps video — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's initial public offering pitch played to some bad reviews in New York, so for its Boston audience on Tuesday, the 30-minute video was scrapped and the company took more questions from analysts and potential investors.... read the full post.
Tags: Copyright, Google, Oracle, patent, Techmeme
Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Covered By Copyright Law? - Forbes
www.forbes.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: The high stakes lawsuit between Oracle and Google is based on claims that Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s copyrights and patents related to Java. This article will attempt to explain the first phase of the trial relating to the copyright claims. The patent claims will be dealt with in a subsequent and separate phase of the case. And the final phase of the trial will address Oracle’s damages, if any. Java is a programming platform originally developed by Sun in the 1990s and acquired by Oracle as part of its purchase of Sun in 2010. The Java programming language itself is distributed by Oracle under an open-source license which essentially means it is free to use.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: I am watching this court case closely to see what comes out of it. Whether the court rules on the copyrightable nature of APIs, will have some major impacts on API access. As of this comment, the jury was sent home for the weekend. I'm hoping we'll have more detail on this court case next week.
Tags: API Voice, Copyright, Court, Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Programming languages not copyrightable rules top EU court
www.itworld.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: May 02, 2012, 9:13 AM — Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made the decision in relation to a case brought by SAS Institute against World Programming Limited (WPL). SAS makes data processing and statistical analysis programs. The core component of the SAS system allows users to write and run application programs written in SAS programming language.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: This is a huge precedent and something I'm beginning on seeing a trend with, where the EU has an anchoring perspective when it comes to data, privacy, security, copyright and patents. We will see EU policy challenge US policy in these areas heavily in the years to come.
Tags: APIs, Copyright, Court, Legal, patent
Excerpt: Public service announcement: starting today, as per the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the United States has switched from a ‘first to invent’ system to a ‘first to file. ’ In short, it doesn’t matter if someone thought up your idea a week before you and has a single scribbled note on paper proving so, if you are the first person to file for a patent, it’s all yours. Before, whomever could prove that they had thought something up first could depend in legal primacy regarding intellectual property protection. The move brings the United States into better keeping with the international community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Voice, patent
Oracle Sues Patent Troll for Behaving Like Oracle
www.wired.com
on 06/05/2012
Excerpt: Fresh off its failed attempt to prove that Google’s Android operating system infringed on its Java patents, Oracle has sued a small company called Lodsys, complaining that the Texas-based outfit has been harassing its customers with questionable claims of patent infringement. “Lodsys has repeatedly threatened numerous Oracle customers with assertion of the Patents-in-Suit against Oracle’s Web Commerce Products,” Oracle’s suit read (. pdf). “Lodsys is not entitled to any royalties from Oracle or any of its customers, nor does Oracle or any of its customers need a license to the Patents-in-Suit.... read the full post.
Tags: Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Google and Oracle Enter Round Two of Heavyweight Legal Fight
www.techmeme.com
on 05/08/2012
Excerpt: Zuckerberg's Hoodie a ‘Mark of Immaturity,’ Analyst Says — Mark Zuckerberg is known for having arrived late for a meeting with prospective investor Sequoia Capital and giving a less-than-serious pitch while wearing pajamas. — Now, as Facebook preps its initial public offering …
More: CNET, Om Malik, The Next Web and The Technology Chronicles Tweets: @k and @getwired
Facebook changes IPO pitch in Boston, scraps video — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's initial public offering pitch played to some bad reviews in New York, so for its Boston audience on Tuesday, the 30-minute video was scrapped and the company took more questions from analysts and potential investors.... read the full post.
Tags: Copyright, Google, Oracle, patent, Techmeme
Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Covered By Copyright Law? - Forbes
www.forbes.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: The high stakes lawsuit between Oracle and Google is based on claims that Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s copyrights and patents related to Java. This article will attempt to explain the first phase of the trial relating to the copyright claims. The patent claims will be dealt with in a subsequent and separate phase of the case. And the final phase of the trial will address Oracle’s damages, if any. Java is a programming platform originally developed by Sun in the 1990s and acquired by Oracle as part of its purchase of Sun in 2010. The Java programming language itself is distributed by Oracle under an open-source license which essentially means it is free to use.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: I am watching this court case closely to see what comes out of it. Whether the court rules on the copyrightable nature of APIs, will have some major impacts on API access. As of this comment, the jury was sent home for the weekend. I'm hoping we'll have more detail on this court case next week.
Tags: API Voice, Copyright, Court, Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Programming languages not copyrightable rules top EU court
www.itworld.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: May 02, 2012, 9:13 AM — Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made the decision in relation to a case brought by SAS Institute against World Programming Limited (WPL). SAS makes data processing and statistical analysis programs. The core component of the SAS system allows users to write and run application programs written in SAS programming language.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: This is a huge precedent and something I'm beginning on seeing a trend with, where the EU has an anchoring perspective when it comes to data, privacy, security, copyright and patents. We will see EU policy challenge US policy in these areas heavily in the years to come.
Tags: APIs, Copyright, Court, Legal, patent
Excerpt: Zuckerberg's Hoodie a ‘Mark of Immaturity,’ Analyst Says — Mark Zuckerberg is known for having arrived late for a meeting with prospective investor Sequoia Capital and giving a less-than-serious pitch while wearing pajamas. — Now, as Facebook preps its initial public offering … More: CNET, Om Malik, The Next Web and The Technology Chronicles Tweets: @k and @getwired Facebook changes IPO pitch in Boston, scraps video — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's initial public offering pitch played to some bad reviews in New York, so for its Boston audience on Tuesday, the 30-minute video was scrapped and the company took more questions from analysts and potential investors.... read the full post.
Tags: Copyright, Google, Oracle, patent, Techmeme
Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Covered By Copyright Law? - Forbes
www.forbes.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: The high stakes lawsuit between Oracle and Google is based on claims that Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s copyrights and patents related to Java. This article will attempt to explain the first phase of the trial relating to the copyright claims. The patent claims will be dealt with in a subsequent and separate phase of the case. And the final phase of the trial will address Oracle’s damages, if any. Java is a programming platform originally developed by Sun in the 1990s and acquired by Oracle as part of its purchase of Sun in 2010. The Java programming language itself is distributed by Oracle under an open-source license which essentially means it is free to use.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: I am watching this court case closely to see what comes out of it. Whether the court rules on the copyrightable nature of APIs, will have some major impacts on API access. As of this comment, the jury was sent home for the weekend. I'm hoping we'll have more detail on this court case next week.
Tags: API Voice, Copyright, Court, Google, Legal, Oracle, patent
Programming languages not copyrightable rules top EU court
www.itworld.com
on 05/03/2012
Excerpt: May 02, 2012, 9:13 AM — Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made the decision in relation to a case brought by SAS Institute against World Programming Limited (WPL). SAS makes data processing and statistical analysis programs. The core component of the SAS system allows users to write and run application programs written in SAS programming language.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: This is a huge precedent and something I'm beginning on seeing a trend with, where the EU has an anchoring perspective when it comes to data, privacy, security, copyright and patents. We will see EU policy challenge US policy in these areas heavily in the years to come.
Tags: APIs, Copyright, Court, Legal, patent
Excerpt: May 02, 2012, 9:13 AM — Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made the decision in relation to a case brought by SAS Institute against World Programming Limited (WPL). SAS makes data processing and statistical analysis programs. The core component of the SAS system allows users to write and run application programs written in SAS programming language.... read the full post.
My Thoughts: This is a huge precedent and something I'm beginning on seeing a trend with, where the EU has an anchoring perspective when it comes to data, privacy, security, copyright and patents. We will see EU policy challenge US policy in these areas heavily in the years to come.
Tags: APIs, Copyright, Court, Legal, patent
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