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Canada: Bilski Applied: The Start Of The Ripple Effect
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| Software patents are increasingly being used like lottery tickets: If you
| file enough of them, you’ll eventually have the winning number for
| litigation. Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT) has
| sued a dozen computer makers and some software developers for allegedly
| violating two security related patents that it holds. IPAT filed a formal
| complaint in a south Florida district court last Thursday. Some of the
| defendants are Apple, Dell, HP and Lenovo. It has also separately filed suit
| against software makers including Microsoft and Symantec in a Texas court.
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http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=72890
Recent:
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
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
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