Indy Vidual
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Today, podcasts are a part of life—but the entire medium was nearly strangled in its infancy by a patent troll. Listen now to learn more about the fight, and what we can do in the future to protect innovation
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In this episode, you’ll learn about:
The prior art, or evidence, of earlier technology that EFF was able to present to courts to prove that the so-called “podcasting patent” was invalid
How the landmark Alice v. CLS Bank Supreme Court decision has helped make patent law better, but still didn’t solve the problem of patent trolls
Why patent trolls are a drain on innovation
How we should think about which ideas should be building blocks for the public good, and which should be owned
Why the community that came together around the podcasting patent fight was critical to EFF’s victory
How EFF prevailed when the patent troll tried to get the names of EFF donors
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit defending online civil liberties
Saving Podcasts from a Patent Troll
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/podcast-episode-saving-podcasts-patent-troll
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In this episode, you’ll learn about:
The prior art, or evidence, of earlier technology that EFF was able to present to courts to prove that the so-called “podcasting patent” was invalid
How the landmark Alice v. CLS Bank Supreme Court decision has helped make patent law better, but still didn’t solve the problem of patent trolls
Why patent trolls are a drain on innovation
How we should think about which ideas should be building blocks for the public good, and which should be owned
Why the community that came together around the podcasting patent fight was critical to EFF’s victory
How EFF prevailed when the patent troll tried to get the names of EFF donors
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit defending online civil liberties
Saving Podcasts from a Patent Troll
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/podcast-episode-saving-podcasts-patent-troll
