IBM to save the earth with patents
IBM, Sony, Pitney Bowes, and Nokia have joined in a patent collective designed to help the environment. Similar to patent collectives that IBM has helped form before, the premise behind the patent pool is that its participants pledge not to assert the patents against "anyone who is using them in an environmentally friendly way:
The project, dubbed the "Eco-Patent Commons," builds on the experience of the open-source software movement..., said David Kappos, IBM's assistant general counsel for patent law...."The advantage of using this commons approach is efficiency, scale and visibility."It's unfortunate … Read more