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fmhv@minerva.inesc.pt (Fernando Manuel Vasconcelos) writes:

    > Tom Ermeson writes:
    
    >Software patents could, IMHO, serve a usefull purpose.  However, they
    >should be given out judiciously.  
    
    I think that are two main points of view to this problem
    
    The first one adresses those who would have to grant the patents:
    :
    Even if a reasonable system is built, who is going to pay for it ?
    
Do organisations like the IEEE and the BCS have any position on these
matters? Surely their memebership could provide the requisite knowledge to
those in the patent office - effectively, a 'peer review' process. Given that
Most processes are that complex that the average patent clerk can't be
expected to understand all the ramifications, these seems like a reasonable
way to go. 

Of course overhauling all intellectual property rights legisaltion altogether
makes more sense to me personally. Or is that a bit wadical?  :-)

	--Rick.
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