An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case

An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case

Posted Apr 9, 2008 23:11 UTC (Wed) by aegl (guest, #37581)
In reply to: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case by droundy
Parent article: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in Bilski case rehearing

For several decades compamies seemed happy to spend money on developing software without the potential benefits of patenting that software. Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, SAP, etc. all were founded and grew in a legal environment that did not allow software to be patented. So the question of whether anyone would bother to develop software without the benefits of a patent system to protect their work has already been answered.

A better question would be: "Did the decision to allow patents on software result in increased innovation?"

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