CNET News: How to Fight Against Patent Terrorism

“Microsoft’s recent announcement of a software indemnification
policy has moved the once ignored issue of intellectual-property
liability protection onto center stage.

“Software companies increasingly are dangling the offer of
intellectual-property liability indemnification in front of
customers concerned about protecting themselves against the threat
of lawsuits. Some may wonder whether the hubbub over software
indemnification is just much ado about nothing, but chief
information officers know better…”

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