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Software Patent and its Impact on Software Innovation in Japan
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| In Japan, the software patent system has been reformed and now software has
| become a patentable subject matter. In this paper, this pro-patent shift on
| software is surveyed and its impact on software innovation is analyzed.
| Before the 1990's, inventions related to software could not be patented by
| themselves, but they could be applied when combined with hardware related
| inventions. Therefore, integrated electronics firms used to be the major
| software patent applicants. However, during the period from the late 1990's
| to the early 2000's, when software patent reforms were introduced, innovative
| activities (measuring patent applications) by independent software
| development firms began.
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http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/09080001.html
Tender: study on the quality of the patent system in Europe
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| The European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market and
| Services has published a call for tenders for a study on the quality of the
| patent system in Europe.
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| The aim is to conduct an economic analysis of the quality of patent rights in
| order to propose effective policy solutions for the optimal functioning of
| the future patent system in Europe, considering its objectives to encourage
| innovation and the diffusion of new technology and knowledge.
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| This should take into account the co-existence of national and European
| patents, as well as a future Community patent, which is currently being
| negotiated between Member States.
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http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=31111
Related:
Microsoft foresees more suits in Japan
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| A legal battle between Microsoft and Japanese anti-monopoly authorities
| is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other
| patent infringement complaints against the U.S. software company,
| an executive said Thursday.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft has been slapped with hefty fines by European Union regulators,
| who have said Microsoft broke competition laws and abused its dominant
| market position.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft
Korean court rebuffs Microsoft in patents case
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| Microsoft has taken another slap from the authorities in Korea, after
| a court decision in a patent dispure raised the prospect of Officeb
| eing taken off the shelves in the country.
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| Microsoft said it was continuing to dispute the patent's validity.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/27/ms_korea_court/
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