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Post-Bilski at the USPTO: Is the BPAI Looking to Create a "Software Per Se"
Exception?
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| The BPAI, acknowledging Bilski, stated that the claim did not recite
| patentable subject matter, as it was "directed to purely software
| components."
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http://271patent.blogspot.com/2008/11/post-bilski-at-uspto-is-bpai-looking-to.html
The Rocky Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds, Part 2: Patents
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| For example, U.S. Patent No. 6,935,954, owned by Nintendo of America is
| directed to a sanity system for a computer game whereby events in the game
| affect a character's sanity, which in turn affects the ability of a user to
| control the character. This sanity system appears suitable for any single or
| multiplayer game in which characters encounter scary situations.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/65194.html
That's how insane the world has gone.
Recent:
Economist Critic of Software Patents gets Nobel Prize
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| The FFII congratulates Eric S. Maskin, an economist who has long criticised
| the patenting of software, for receiving the 2007 Nobel Prize for Economics.
| Prof. Maskin and two colleagues receive the Prize for research into the
| optimal design of economic mechanisms. By applying his theory to the IT
| sector, Maskin demonstrated "that in such a dynamic industry, patent
| protection may reduce overall innovation and welfare."
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http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/Economist_Critic_of_Software_Patents_gets_Nobel_Prize
Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates
Say
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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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| Another problem is that the social returns from innovation do not accord with
| the private returns associated with the patent system, Stiglitz said. The
| marginal benefit from innovation is that an idea may become available sooner
| than it might have. But the person who secures the patent on it wins a
| long-term monopoly, creating a gap between private and social returns.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1129
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