Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Patent Absurdity Becomes...More Patent
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| What's particularly heartening is that those words appeared in the Wall
| Street Journal, hardly a bunch of sandal-wearing hippies. And the number of
| respected voices joining in is starting to increase. Here's what Professor
| Joseph Stiglitz, a 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics, had to say on the
| subject:
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| 'Patent monopolies are believed to drive innovation but they actually impede
| the pace of science and innovation, Stiglitz said. The current “patent
| thicket,” in which anyone who writes a successful software programme is sued
| for alleged patent infringement, highlights the current IP system’s failure
| to encourage innovation, he said.'
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1032
Let's hope the movement grows.
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