Tag Archives: intellectual property

My, how Google’s attitude has changed

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Ian Betteridge

Google, five months ago: “A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a “tax” for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder … Continue reading →

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Apple reassures FutureTap: “We’re not making a patent claim on your work”

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Remember the story about how Apple was stealing a third-party app developer’s work and patenting it? At the time, I explained in a long post that the patent was nothing to do with FutureTap’s excellent WhereTo? application. And, after consulting … Continue reading →

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In what way is slavishly copying something “original”?

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

Joseph Jaffe is generally great, but I really do have to pick him up on his post about how "Hasbro should change its name to Hasbeen": "Proof that you can’t keep a good Indian programmer down comes from the Agarwalla … Continue reading →

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It’s not OK to steal content, even if you’re The Daily Mail

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

Back when I was a proper journo, I went on a course about media law. One of the basics – the very, very basic elements – was that all pictures are copyrighted and you are likely to get sued if … Continue reading →

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