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Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet"Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet"Posted Sep 3, 2003 18:06 UTC (Wed) by pivot (guest, #588)Parent article: Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet" Information on how to contact her can be found here: Arlene McCarthy MEP. I have tried sending her an email though, and the reply I got back was just a reharsh of earlier arguments. She is a representative for Labour in the UK. Remember that the next time you vote. Apparently, she is arguing that patentability is a way of helping companies create jobs, which is not what the patent system was created for, rather to help foster innovation. So she is generally arguing for an abuse of the patent system.
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Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet" Posted Sep 3, 2003 18:23 UTC (Wed) by libra (guest, #2515) [Link] I guess that would provide work for the lawyers too? That is very productive and will strongly help the economy by creating value for sure...
Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet" Posted Sep 3, 2003 18:42 UTC (Wed) by allesfresser (guest, #216) [Link] I think I remember hearing somewhere that the most productive kind of person in terms of GDP would be a terminally ill cancer patient who sues their medical provider, since all of those medical and legal people get paid through their misfortune. Such is the mistake of relying on GDP contribution to provide value for something, especially something as ethereal as ideas and processes which provide universal value without taking up any physical space at all. :-(
Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet" Posted Sep 4, 2003 19:50 UTC (Thu) by jdthood (subscriber, #4157) [Link] > Such is the mistake of relying on GDP contribution to provide> value for something One sometimes hears that the U.S. GDP per capita is up to one
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