12.11.07
Video: WIPO Uses “Intellectual Propety“ (So-called ‘Propaganda Term’)
Confusing for profit
It is curious to find what goes through the minds of people who strive to actually own knowledge (or logic, or mathematics) such as algorithms and business methods. Mind the use of the word “own”, as opposed to “master”. Watch the video.
WIPO still operates at its own peril [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] and its Big Corporate-minded biases endanger science and technology. It’s about time everyone realised this and demanded change. Just watch this patent trolls galore from November 2007 alone.
Back to comparing the top 7 districts for patent infringement. We’ll start with the numbers from November.
How about LG’s Troll Army, which has become something to rave about? When patent harassment becomes “cool”, then it ought to be clear that a system claiming to spur innovation has gone too far. █
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.