Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jan 2006 13:54 UTC, submitted by John Mills
A UK judge has questioned whether software patents should be granted, and has criticized the U.S. for allowing "anything under the sun" to be patented. Sir Robin Jacob, a judge at the UK's Court of Appeal who specializes in intellectual-property law, spoke about the potential problems surrounding software patents at a seminar for the Society for Computers and Law on Thursday evening in London. "Do we need patents for computer programs? Where is the evidence for it?" Jacob asked.
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2005-07-18
You can probably sum up those 3 into one category. The only ones who would advocate software patents are:
1) Those afraid of a little competition.