Intellectual property is important and should be protected, but the world’s patent systems are broken. An entire industry now consists of buying patents and suing companies just to make them pay up.
Small software developers in Europe scored a small victory in December when the EU did not sign the new Software Patent Directive. If passed, experts say, many small companies would simply close up shop rather than pay expensive registration and legal fees.
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Thomas Warfield receives letter that computer solitaire is patented
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Intellectual property is important and should be protected, but the world’s patent systems are broken. An entire industry now consists of buying patents and suing companies just to make them pay up.
Small software developers in Europe scored a small victory in December when the EU did not sign the new Software Patent Directive. If passed, experts say, many small companies would simply close up shop rather than pay expensive registration and legal fees.
Related Links:
Thomas Warfield receives letter that computer solitaire is patented
The Public Patent Foundation
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January 10th, 2005 at 6:00 pm
A related issue was discussed in a recent issue of Australian Developer magazine. Within Australia, following the recent free trade agreement talks, it looks like we may be adopting similar patent laws to the US, and this will cause issues for any developers looking to sell their products without first searching for applicable patents that they may be hit with.
March 7th, 2005 at 3:13 pm
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