GNOME Foundation hais txog kev daws teeb meem ua tiav ntawm kev foob coj los ntawm Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC, uas tau liam tias qhov project ntawm kev ua txhaum cai patent. Cov tog neeg tau mus txog qhov kev sib hais haum uas tus neeg foob tau tso tseg tag nrho cov nqi tawm tsam GNOME thiab pom zoo kom tsis txhob nqa ib qho kev thov ntxiv uas cuam tshuam txog kev ua txhaum cai ntawm ib qho patents uas nws muaj. Ntxiv mus, Rothschild Patent Imaging tau cog lus tias yuav tsis foob ib qho kev qhib qhov project uas nws cov cai raug tso tawm raws li daim ntawv tso cai qhib tau pom zoo los ntawm OSI. Kev cog lus npog tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj patent uas yog Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. Cov ntsiab lus hais txog cov lus cog tseg tsis tau nthuav tawm.
Raws li kev ceeb toom, GNOME Foundation kev ua txhaum ntawm daim ntawv ua tiav hauv Shotwell Photo Manager. Daim ntawv patent yog hnub tim 2008 thiab piav qhia txog cov txheej txheem rau wirelessly txuas cov cuab yeej ntes duab (xov tooj, lub vev xaib lub koob yees duab) mus rau lub cuab yeej txais duab (lub computer) thiab tom qab ntawd xaiv cov duab xa tawm lim los ntawm hnub tim, qhov chaw thiab lwm yam tsis muaj. Raws li tus neeg foob, rau kev ua txhaum cai patent nws yog txaus kom muaj ib qho kev ntshuam los ntawm lub koob yees duab, lub peev xwm los pab pawg dluab raws li tej yam ntxwv thiab xa dluab mus rau lwm qhov chaw (piv txwv li, ib tug social network los yog yees duab kev pab cuam).
Tus neeg foob tau hais kom thim qhov kev foob hauv kev sib pauv rau kev yuav daim ntawv tso cai siv patent, tab sis GNOME tsis pom zoo rau qhov kev pom zoo thiab sib ntaus mus rau qhov kawg, raws li qhov kev pom zoo yuav ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj rau lwm qhov chaw qhib qhov project uas tuaj yeem ua rau poob raug tsim txom los hais tias patent troll. Txhawm rau pab nyiaj rau kev tiv thaiv ntawm GNOME, GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund tau tsim, uas ntau tshaj 150 txhiab las tawm ntawm qhov yuav tsum tau 125 txhiab.
Siv cov nyiaj khaws tseg los tiv thaiv GNOME Foundation, lub tuam txhab Shearman & Sterling tau raug ntiav, uas tau thov tsab ntawv ceeb toom rau lub tsev hais plaub kom tshem tawm qhov teeb meem no, vim tias patent koom nrog hauv rooj plaub tsis tuaj yeem siv tau, thiab cov thev naus laus zis tau piav qhia hauv nws tsis muaj feem xyuam. los tiv thaiv cov cuab yeej kev txawj ntse hauv software. Qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm kev siv cov patent no los ua kev thov tawm tsam dawb software kuj raug nug. Thaum kawg, ib daim ntawv foob raug foob kom tsis raug cai patent.
Tom qab ntawd mus tiv thaiv Qhib Invention Network (OIN), ib lub koom haum mob siab rau kev tiv thaiv Linux ecosystem los ntawm patent thov. OIN tau sib sau ua ke pab pawg kws lij choj los nrhiav kev tsis lees paub ntawm patent thiab tau pib pib tshawb nrhiav pov thawj ntawm kev siv thev naus laus zis uas tau piav qhia hauv patent (Ua ntej kos duab).
Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC yog ib qho classic patent troll, nyob feem ntau los ntawm kev foob me me thiab cov tuam txhab lag luam uas tsis muaj peev txheej rau kev sim mus ntev thiab yooj yim them nyiaj. Tshaj li 6 xyoo dhau los, qhov patent troll no tau foob 714 qhov kev foob zoo sib xws. Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC tsuas yog muaj cov cuab yeej txawj ntse, tab sis tsis ua cov haujlwm tsim kho thiab tsim khoom, piv txwv li. Nws yog tsis yooj yim sua kom nws coj ib tug counterclaim hais txog kev ua txhaum ntawm cov nqe lus ntawm kev siv patents nyob rau hauv tej yam khoom. Koj tsuas tuaj yeem sim ua pov thawj qhov tsis sib xws ntawm patent los ntawm kev ua pov thawj qhov tseeb ntawm kev siv cov thev naus laus zis uas tau piav qhia hauv patent.
Tau qhov twg los: opennet.ru