patent issue

We've had numerous stories of Monsanto's rather aggressive patent enforcement efforts, and unfortunately it appears the company has chalked up another victory in the courts.

Well, here's a bit of a surprise. We had just been saying that of course the US would sign onto ACTA, but apparently it's no sure thing.

Jamie Love, who is pretty well connected with what's going on with ACTA, mentioned on Twitter that US officials are seriously considering dropping ACTA, after "losing" to the EU on the question of whether or not patents would be included.

Proffer alerts us to the bizarre story of how IMAX (last seen suing competitors and misleading people about what an IMAX film really is) is now threatening the folks behind the Sandy3D open source 3D flash engine.

Apparently, IMAX has some sort of 3D drawing system called SANDDE.