Patents and OpenMoko

[Sean Moss-Pultz]

Andres Paglayan wrote:
> what about posting this exact question at groklaw?

Oh yes. That would work well...I'll make a post later today.

Sean







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> On Feb 7, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote:
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>> Dear Community,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> What I want is for a our company's patents to be freely available, for 
>> anyone, but for defensive purposes only.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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