The Software Freedom Law Show

Episode 0x28: Dan's Software Patent Presentation

25 May 2010

Karen and Bradley play Dan Ravicher's speech from a conference held by Freedom to Innovate South Africa (FTISA) in Pretoria on software patents.

This show was released on Tuesday 25 May 2010; its running time is 52:51.

Karen and Bradley thank listeners for providing ideas for future episodes. (01:05)
Dan Ravicher, our “elusive” guest, is the Legal Director of SFLC. (02:40)
The Bilski decision did not come out this week. The Supreme Court publishes all decisions on its website. The SCOTUS blog provides up to date information about the court schedule, including a live blog on the mornings when decisions are announced.(03:34)
Karen mentioned Patent Absurdity, a short movie that features Dan (Karen's also interviewed). (06:21)
Bradley points out the previous episodes about patents: Episode 0x18: Re Bilski's Briefs and Episode 0x0C: Patently False. (06:43)

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