Groklaw: Open Invention Network's Jerry Rosenthal Answers Your Questions

"Groklaw: How does OIN fit in with other patent projects, including PubPat, Peer-to-Patent, Open Source as Prior Art, patent-reform legislation, and F/OSS advocacy? Which applies most directly to which threats and/or situations?

"We believe that organizations and projects like those you just mentioned have a real value in ensuring that intellectual property is legitimate, shared, made available or kept open. However, we are different than these organizations and projects in several ways..."

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