Patents and OpenMoko

[Andres Paglayan]

what about posting this exact question at groklaw?


On Feb 7, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote:

> Dear Community,
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> Most of you know that OpenMoko is a fully independent company at  
> this point. With this great opportunity comes many challenges.  
> Today I would like to share one with you all and ask for some advice.
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> We need to file patents for our hardware as well as software  
> designs. While my personal views on software patents are inline  
> with people like Eben Moglen, as a company, we are forced to play  
> by the rules of the game.
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> What I want is for a our company's patents to be freely available,  
> for anyone, but for defensive purposes only.
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> Are there any existing options available to us now? Does anyone  
> know of existing companies or organizations with a similar strategy  
> that we can seek guidance or partnership.
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> Again, I want to emphasize that we only want our patents to be used  
> in defense. And what constitutes defense is something that we want  
> to be able to define (and potentially even redefine when new  
> threats arise).
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> Sean
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