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[News] NZOSS Talks About Software Patent Lobbying from Microsoft Partners in NZ

  • Subject: [News] NZOSS Talks About Software Patent Lobbying from Microsoft Partners in NZ
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:44:20 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Patent Discussion Hots Up

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| In the letter Mr Matthews concludes that "NZCS 
| represents a broad church of ICT professionals 
| and no doubt some of our members have different 
| views on software patents (as with all things). 
| However in the same way that Section 92a of the 
| Copyright Act was harmful, albeit with the best 
| intentions, the evidence certainly appears clear 
| that software patents are simply too potentially 
| harmful to our sector, and in fact innovation in 
| New Zealand, to support."
`----

http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2010/patent-discussion-hots


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.
`----

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/development/power-backs-deletion-of-software-patents


New Zealand govt against software patents!

,----[ Quote ]
| 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
`----

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

,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100330/1852558798.shtml


New Zealand Legislators Say Software should be Inpatentable

,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----

http://topnews.us/content/214985-new-zealand-legislators-say-software-should-be-inpatentable


New Zealand patent reform bill says no to software patents

,----[ Quote ]
| 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.
`----

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

,----[ Quote ]
| 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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