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Microsoft Presents MUI (Muscle User Interface)
Jan 1st
Recent patent news indicates a filing from Microsoft describing the control of a computer using Electromyography (EMG) to translate electrical activity from muscles into instructions for the computer. You should really check out the article over at TechFlash and watch the video below. It’s very interesting.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1agrUM4KYs[/youtube]
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Nokia Sues Apple
Oct 22nd
Engadget posted an article today discussing a newly filed patent infringement lawsuit against Apple concerning their iPhone. It seems that Nokia’s lawsuit claims that ALL iPhone models shipped infringe on 10 of Espoo’s patents. It appears this issue has been discussed back and forth between the two companies; however, it seems that Apple’s refusal of liscensing terms has forced Nokia to take legal recourse.
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Eolas Sues Microsoft, Google, and 23 Other Companies
Oct 6th
Eolas is suing Microsoft, Google, and 23 other companies for patent infringement. They claim that they now have patent protection over anyone providing the ability (usually via plug-ins) to embed user-interactive applications. So yea, if you’ve used Wordpress (which uses AJAX) or any other site in which you implemented a plug-in to increase user interaction, you just became a part of history. This is getting ridiculous…
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This just 3 days after the Software Freedom Law Center filed a brief with the Supreme Court insisting that software patents be shot down.
Excerpt: “In this closely-watched case, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was correct in restricting patentable processes to those ‘tied to a particular machine or apparatus,’ or which ‘transform[s] a particular article into a different state or thing,’ a conclusion which if fully implemented could bring to an end the widespread patenting of computer programs. … This case gives the Supreme Court a chance to reaffirm what its past cases have held for more than a century: that no patent law consistent with the US Constitution can permit the monopolization of abstract ideas.”
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Guess we’ll see soon about good old Bilski…