European software patents via treaty?

European software patents via treaty?

Posted May 15, 2008 16:21 UTC (Thu) by hchristeller (subscriber, #4246)
In reply to: European software patents via treaty? by ohrn
Parent article: European software patents via treaty?

The Constitutional purpose for patents is to reward publication of information about useful inventions, not to reward the act of invention itself. The market rewards invention; patents reward making knowledge of inventions available to the public. Special interests have been sowing confusion about patents for years, emphasizing the government role in rewarding inventors. But inventors don't need to be rewarded by government, the public isn't served by rewarding inventors, and inventors (and investors) should be dismayed by the idea of government choosing which inventors deserve reward. The public is served by publishing inventions. First to file rewards publishing.

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