Re: Patent reform?

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From: Raul Rockwell
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1991 23:56

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Danny Boulet:
   I suppose that another approach to the software patent problem is
   to not grant software patents.  I believe that this would tend to
   stifle innovation by inhibiting the release of new ideas.

To misquote Don Lancaster, new ideas are a dime for a fifty bale lot.

Patents, on the other hand, cost thousands of dollars even before you
start the lawsuits.

Put another way, I think software patents redirect innovation into the
field of litigation.  If you *like* the idea of innovative litigation,
I suppose you might consider this to be a good thing.

-- 
Raul <rockwell@socrates.umd.edu>

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