Articles by Ch. Tronche
MooBella
MooBella. Amazing Ben-&-Jerry’-O-matic (or Häagen-Dazs-O-matic on this side of the Atlantic). I first hear about it on the DEMO 2006 web cast.
Marketing: from telcos to media industry
“Help”, cry all the media industry as one, blaming the telcos to make money on their back. But there’s hope (?), marketing’s there to explain […]
Tronche's software separability test
Should this thing full of software be patentable or not ? A test.
The entrepreneur, the shoe and the software patent
I’ve once again came across a paper by a reputable magistrate and economist that distinguishes “open source” or “free” (like in free beer) software and […]
RIM vs. NTP: the outcomeRIM vs. NTP: le dénouement
I never took time to write an entry about this, but two months ago, RIM (the guys who make the product) accepted to pay NTP […]
Does TRIPS boost R&D ?
This is a part of our series “Are TRIPS of any usefulness for the general public ?” One of the arguments of its promoters are […]
Happy end for RIM ?
Far from it. But the suspense goes on… RIM Dodges Shutdown Bullet
Link of the day: Microsoft protects its partners against patent litigation
Source: The Register. Once again we have to question if patents (essentially software ones) are part of the solution or part of the problem. In […]
Why patents are bad for software
Software patents certainly incur important costs: to get them (cost quite marginal here, if you look at the other costs) to defend them in court […]