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Am I the only one who's a little worried about the focus on patents?
by dasmoth 15y ago
Am I the only one who's a little worried about the focus on patents?
- tomgallard 15y agoI think we need to remember that this isn't just focussed on tech startups. The UK has a good number of pharmaceutical, engineering, bio-sciences. In these industries patents are probably a pretty good proxy for innovation.
- ntmartin 15y agoPerhaps for those industries patents are a better fit and more standard practice. My personal opinion based on observations of patents in software is that they inhibit innovation. Invariably in a race to the bottom everyone loses.
- toyg 15y ago> Perhaps for those industries patents are a better fit and more standard practice. Pharma industries live and die on patents, today, and in the UK they are over-represented in any lobbying effort on the subject. Most politicians don't know/care about software patents, but they will have been lobbied by the likes of AstraZeneca and they will write legislation with that sector in mind, mostly.
- hessenwolf 15y agoIs software patenting relevant in the UK? I thought that was mainly a US thing.
- MattJ100 15y agoIt's not that clear cut, but indeed the UK does not have a software patent problem half as bad as the US seems to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents#United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents#United_Kingdom