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Agreed...it all makes sense when you see the quote a few lines down from that: "The software industry would lose an important incentive to innovate if the gove
by ryanwaggoner 17y ago
Agreed...it all makes sense when you see the quote a few lines down from that:
"The software industry would lose an important incentive to innovate if the government ceased issuing software patents," warned patent attorney James Carmichael, a former judge on the Patent Office board of appeals.
- some1else 17y agoI wonder, If "the industry" spent the resources allocated for software patents on additional R&D, could consumers even handle all the innovation? Besides, when was being the market leader ever an incentive for companies :-D There was a cool talk on the problems with software patents by D. Ravicher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0chez_Jf5A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0chez_Jf5A I just can't imagine something like an Augmented Reality iPhone app being patented by a restrictive extortionate company. It's basically the Terminator vision on a modern handheld device. But then again, look at all the ridiculous applications http://www.google.com/patents?q=augmented+reality+phone+camera&btnG=Search+Patents http://www.google.com/patents?q=augmented+reality+phone+came...
- wsprague 17y agoI would like to see this supported (or not, methinks) by empirical evidence. A priori arguments without evidence aren't worth a damn, in my estimation.