Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Sep 3 22:36:34 CDT 2013
Finally a common sense approach to software patents. Software designing is no longer about creating the better product, it is about establishing and holding onto the proper patents. These patents can then be used to block a competitors whole potential line of products just because some arbitrary theory has been encroached upon. Software patents by their nature tend to be veg and may try to blanket a whole logic concept, as being more specific would make infringement enforcement impossible. Unfortunately, trying to patent concepts and algorithms is almost impossible and the victor in a patent war goes to the challenger with the deepest pockets which only benefits the lawyer's firms representing the clients. New Zealand has taken a comment sense approach to the matter and has banned software patents in their country. http://www.zdnet.com/new-zealand-bans-software-patents-7000019955/ Hopeful, this trend will continue and much of the proprietary will be limited in scope and there will no longer be any unnatural restrictions to the art of software creation. I suspect Europe will be the next region to implement similar rulings. Jim