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Marco Arment: Be Skeptical of Twitter's Innovator's Patent Agreement

Twitter’s “Innovator’s Patent Agreement” – Marco.org » I recently wrote about Twitter’s promise to use patents only for defensive purposes—the “Innovator’s Patent Agreement” (“IPA,” not to be confused with this). The link above leads to a post by Marco Arment, warning us to read the agreement …

Twitter won't use employee patents offensively

"Introducing the Innovator’s Patent Agreement" by Adam Messinger, VP of Engineering at the Official Twitter Blog It is a commitment from Twitter to our employees that patents can only be used for defensive purposes. We will not use the patents from employees’ inventions in offensive litigation …