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Patent applications falling across Europe
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| Preliminary figures from the European Patent Office (EPO) reveal that the
| number of applications for new patents is down 7% in the first two months of
| 2009. This is the first reduction in patent applications in over a decade,
| sparking fears that Europe's knowledge economy is under threat.
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http://www.euractiv.com/en/innovation/patent-applications-falling-europe/article-181861
Patent Nonsense in Europe
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/04/patent-nonsense.html
Old World and New World Software Patent Problems
http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/written-statement-in-case-g.pdf
Software patents are provably a scam. Time to move on...
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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