From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x32c.google.com (mail-wm1-x32c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00B2F3B29D; Wed, 31 May 2023 09:08:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x32c.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-3f6e68cc738so44081495e9.1; Wed, 31 May 2023 06:08:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1685538485; x=1688130485; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=1CdQunmJmytCHm6nAn5HVGAU/+3VhMDH1+Hwhd9VbxA=; b=J7Z3bMLu/RONRH4l/Hof3Dx9nUyyE8MlHLGkSGgjeFsQAVaYSu2Xe+QNrRGi9spUOw 2EI7LlfbCrQQgtkfZOZiBhNblCwRQT2azrRI4h7GUR4ti4FG6weCinKoiQH1+d6U29Au 2ip/qCaj55+hsoZixTuv8OVMutKqZGMxC+qvP4KDp/Ou2mWys3R79wS1YCirsRhikJYw bm6UUmcBasbrXl0Oho1fy3Tc067DLvHd1wZtGJGcp+cFfkuAQLNm3A2vneAu+OXWfyJC tPUPe8ERbBVUoA0nAHQZ69djQ2Pzwbm/4G/Wc+11r3UuQQmJfbOx5uOInHQ2jQ9KVdKD 8EFQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1685538485; x=1688130485; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=1CdQunmJmytCHm6nAn5HVGAU/+3VhMDH1+Hwhd9VbxA=; b=EfedFqrP3p3jnKzp53RkH8OnmEK8AnLcBvrEEH7iuzKqucc9PVOPWdIyAH6YLihSsW X/y5FPf5jeRyQo88vUE6dvATZtyXT06rEh9019O8U62Ojzud0LCsTKE1eNzR4dBFVJjT O7Y+tGpskLcqEDKVOelK2GvqZ+tSbu/Y3VCH1gpm4EqCAX+wOIWHvSYDEozCafmS8MiQ 1OlrUi17H0q69QBrMz9a8PtFXZSqVk6+jyDF/k62b/ng3iPqewMFVCr3dBXReNMY/wt9 x03S16Wao5sNfARI5OfJCoWVBHOU0hO779ymo4cL29VGfrAHKcWMlk2RznIg+mAhhpIy WdHg== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDywPoIhI/jjsqV/Ym4heWYvGESHmVPUvg84D+SOrMfRxKFThO+C aryw3+LFFlf0CqgzN4b6ubeNE/7C4ozTU/ZZUnuIPzCI X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ7d5U9RDDI0XXL0Ld80cdk/C9dbRQmymJTmin+Ayiph422Afw1Si6K0VgZVKXauioKW8nU+zHRcD+aGeuYK7CE= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:c90a:0:b0:3f5:d313:db5e with SMTP id f10-20020a1cc90a000000b003f5d313db5emr3858015wmb.15.1685538485329; Wed, 31 May 2023 06:08:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1685538041767.34e911eb-3b5c-4a42-b5b0-89ccfd0f8008@bf01.hubspotstarter.net> In-Reply-To: <1685538041767.34e911eb-3b5c-4a42-b5b0-89ccfd0f8008@bf01.hubspotstarter.net> From: Dave Taht Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 07:07:53 -0600 Message-ID: To: bloat , libreqos Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ac613305fcfd029b" Subject: [Bloat] Fwd: Open Source Needs You to Act - Help Fight Proposed Patent Rules X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 13:08:07 -0000 --000000000000ac613305fcfd029b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable just when I thought it was safe to stop worrying about patents ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Open Invention Network Date: Wed, May 31, 2023 at 7:03=E2=80=AFAM Subject: Open Source Needs You to Act - Help Fight Proposed Patent Rules To: Proposed USPTO proposed rules will make it harder to defend OSS against bad patents in the hands of PAEs. Fight back by June 20th. [image: OIN-NoBkgrd-1] [image: together-difference-2] Hi Dave! * Open Source Needs You to Act - * Help Fight Proposed Patent Rules *ISSUE* The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a set of proposed rules , nearly all of which will make it harder to challenge poor-quality patents. If implemented, these rules will make it harder to defend open source software (OSS) against bad patents in the hands of patent trolls. *BACKGROUND & IMPACT* OIN & other open source supporters =E2=80=94 IBM, Microsoft & The Linux Fou= ndation =E2=80=94 funded Unified Patents=E2=80=99 Open Source Zone in 2019. Since t= hen, this program has challenged dozens of poor-quality, open-source related patents with excellent success. The newly-proposed USPTO rules will negatively affect the Open Source Zone=E2=80=99s ability to challenge patents, even th= ough many of the rules are apparently outside of the USPTO's authority and plainly inconsistent with the intentions of the legislators that passed the America Invents Act. They may also prevent organizations like OIN and others from seeking patent reviews. If these rules are enacted, patents that slipped through the system and should have never been issued in the first place will: - Be increasingly litigated against developers and users of OSS, including businesses that rely on open source - Raise the already high cost of patent litigation and cost hundreds-of-millions of dollars, according to an economic impact study - Impact all open source organizations worldwide that have a developer, supplier or customer in the United States - Make business more difficult in the United States, and slow innovation globally As it is critical to OSS that we help stop this proposal, The Linux Foundation is hosting a free webinar entitled "Stopping Patent Trolls: Why Open Source Urgently Needs Your Help, Now!", on June 7, 2023 10:30 AM PDT (GMT - 7). To join the webinar and learn more, please register here . *ACTION* Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts, however brief, by selecti= ng the green box titled =E2=80=9CSubmit a formal comment.=E2=80=9D If you want to submit mor= e detailed comments, or have any questions or concerns about what is at stake, please contact Jonathan Stroud at Unified Patents. *DEADLINE* *Your comments must be received by June 20, 2023* *11:59 PM EDT (GMT - 4).* Sincerely, [image: Keith-Signature] Keith Bergelt *Chief Executive Officer* [image: OIN_logo_300dpi] Open Invention Network, 4819 Emperor Blvd., Suite 400, Durham, NC 27703, USA, +1 (919) 313-4902 Unsubscribe Manage preferences --=20 Podcast: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7058793910227111937/ Dave T=C3=A4ht CSO, LibreQos --000000000000ac613305fcfd029b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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=C2=A0Open Source Needs You to A= ct -

Help Fight Proposed P= atent Rules

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ISSUE

The U.S. Patent= and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a set of pr= oposed rules, nearly all of which will make it harder to = challenge poor-quality patents. If implemented, these rules will make it ha= rder to defend open source software (OSS) against bad patents in the hands = of patent trolls.

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BACKGROUND & IMPACT<= /span>

OIN & other= open source supporters =E2=80=94 IBM, Microsoft & The Linux Foundation= =E2=80=94 funded Unified Patents=E2=80=99 Open Source Zone in 2019. Since = then, this program has challenged dozens of poor-quality, open-source relat= ed patents with excellent success. The newly-proposed USPTO rules will nega= tively affect the Open Source Zone=E2=80=99s ability to challenge patents, = even though many of the rules are apparently outside of th= e USPTO's authority and plainly inconsistent with the= intentions of the legislators that passed the America Invents Act. They ma= y also prevent organizations like OIN and others from seeking patent review= s.

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If these rules = are enacted, patents that slipped through the system and should have never = been issued in the first place will:

  • Be increasingly litigated against develo= pers and users of OSS, including businesses that rely on open source=

  • Raise the already high cost of patent li= tigation and cost hundreds-of-millions of dollars, according to an economic impact study

  • Impact all open source organizations worl= dwide that have a developer, supplier or customer in the United States=C2= =A0

  • Make business more difficult in the Unite= d States, and slow innovation globally

As it is critic= al to OSS that we help stop this proposal, The Linux Foundation is hosting = a free webinar entitled "Stopping Patent Trolls: Why Open Source Urgen= tly Needs Your Help, Now!", on June 7, 2023 10:30 AM PDT (GMT - 7).=C2= =A0 To join the webinar and learn more, please register he= re.=C2=A0

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ACTION

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Your co= mments must be received by June 20, 2023 11:59 PM EDT (GMT= - 4).

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