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____/ Ben McEniery on Monday 08 Mar 2010 06:57 : \____
> On Jan 12, 9:54 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> ____/ Ben McEniery on Monday 11 Jan 2010 06:15 : \____
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>> > If you are concerned about patents being improperly granted, please
>> > visitPeer-to-PatentAustraliaatwww.peertopatent.org.au.
>>
>> Red Hat and others support the project, but FFII and others are worried that
>> it may only act to legitimise "good" software patents rather than abolish
>> them.
>>
>> Is there a good rebuttal to the latter group (which includes myself)?
>>
>> - --
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>>
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> Hi Roy
>
> The project is not about opposing software patents. It is about taking
> steps to ensure that if a patent is granted, it is granted in respect
> of an invention that is actually novel and inventive. My view is that
> new software inventions are legitimately patentable subject matter in
> the same way that mechanical inventions are. Secondly, I believe that
> we should be focusing on is whether the patents that are being granted
> claim something that has not been done before anywhere in the world
> and would not be obvious to a person skilled in the relevant art.
>
> Ben
Should we also allow patents on genes if there is no prior art?
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