RPX参加企業増加中 アップデート

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HP, NOKIA, そしてSONYもRPX同盟に加盟したそうです。
ほんとうにこの同盟効果があるのかなあ？
どう、RPXはこれらの会社をどう説得したのでしょうか？
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（情報追加:09/04/3）
Eleven Technology Companies Join RPX in First Five Months(LINK)
IBM, Cisco, and Seiko-Epson are today joined by, Panasonic, Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung, and TiVo that have signed on with RPX to reduce patent assertion and litigation costs initiated by non-practicing entities (NPEs)

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以下の記事がPhilip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updatesで紹介されています。
真偽のほどは・・・明日になれば分かりますね。

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Epson Joins RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation Service
The following RPX press release will issue on Wednesday, January 28, 2009:
Epson Joins RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation Service

Digital Imaging Giant First RPX Member from Japan
TOKYO – January 28, 2008 -
RPX Corporation, a defensive patent aggregator, today announced that Epson has joined the RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation service...(more)