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Power to delete software patents
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| Commerce Minister Simon Power says the
| Government will back changes proposed by a
| select committee that will mean computer
| software can no longer be patented.
|
| Parliament's commerce select committee
| proposed amending the Patents Bill, which
| passed its first reading in May last year,
| after receiving many submissions on the
| controversial issue.
|
| The recommendation has attracted
| considerable attention outside New Zealand,
| particularly from the open source software
| community, which claims large software
| makers have gamed the patent system and
| stifled innovation.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/3570621/Power-to-delete-software-patents
Select committee report on Patents Bill: computer software not patentable
http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/detail.aspx?g=a0e59842-685e-49f9-a3de-a7ad67f34eec
Abolish software patents
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| I think that the best way to defend open
| source against software patent attacks is to
| abolish software patents. The U.S. Supreme
| Court might abolish software patents this
| month in the U.S.A. New Zealand is close to
| passing a law abolishing software patents in
| New Zealand. We are making progress from the
| days when people considered abolishing
| software patents just a flaky idea.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-04-13-030-35-OS-LL-0000
Recent:
Response to Software Patent Supporters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALjXe95TREs
Power backs deletion of software patents
,----[ Quote ]
| Commerce Minister Simon Power says the
| Government will back changes proposed by a
| select committee that will mean computer
| software can no longer be patented.
|
| Parliament's commerce select committee
| proposed amending the Patents Bill, which
| passed its first reading in May last year,
| after receiving many submissions on the
| controversial issue.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/development/power-backs-deletion-of-software-patents
New Zealand govt against software patents!
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| Substantial credit is due to the people in
| NZ that submitted letters making the case
| against software patents:
|
| * Egressive Limited
| * The New Zealand Open Source Society
| * InternetNZ
| * Guy Burgess
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http://news.swpat.org/2010/03/new-zealand-govt-against-software-patents/
Select Committee Reports On New Patents Bill In New Zealand
http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=2b9e677a-2062-4529-9724-399d0fb57885
New Zealand Politicians Want To Explicitly Outlaw Software Patents
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| As we wait for the Bilski ruling in the US
| (which my gut feeling tells me will have
| the Supreme Court totally punt on the issue
| of software patents), it seems like
| politicians down in New Zealand have
| figured out that software patents are a
| real problem.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100330/1852558798.shtml
New Zealand Legislators Say Software should be Inpatentable
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| New Zealand legislators have proposed a
| bill which would make it impossible to
| patent software. The bill, which is going
| through the process for patent reform,
| clearly indicates that software should not
| be patentable.
|
| If this bill becomes a law, then it will
| create friction with US ACTA negotiators,
| who about to make software patents standard
| internationally.
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http://topnews.us/content/214985-new-zealand-legislators-say-software-should-be-inpatentable
New Zealand patent reform bill says no to software patents
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| New Zealand's parliament is preparing to
| vote on a major patent reform bill that
| will tighten the country's standards of
| patentability. One of the most significant
| changes in the proposed bill is a specific
| patentability exclusion for software. If
| the bill receives parliamentary approval in
| its current form, it will broadly eliminate
| conventional software patents in New
| Zealand.
|
| The bill was drafted by the Select Commerce
| Committee, which decided to include the
| exclusion after reviewing feedback from the
| software industry. The bill's official
| summary acknowledges that software patents
| are detrimental to the open source software
| development model and have the potential to
| seriously stifle innovation.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/new-zealand-patent-reform-bill-says-no-to-software-patents.ars
New Zealand legislators want to outlaw software patents
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| As part of an effort to update patent law,
| New Zealand legislators have proposed a
| bill which would make it impossible to
| patent software. If it becomes law it would
| no doubt cause friction with US ACTA
| negotiators, who are pushing to make
| software patents standard internationally.
|
| Currently they are recognized in just a few
| countries, including the US and Japan.
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http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/04/01/new_zealand_legislators_want_to_outlaw_software_patents
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