In the cold shadow of Internet Censorship comes some good news: software has
been deemed unpatentable in NZ. Startups in NZ won't need to hire a coatrack of
IP lawyers to protect them from patent trolls and hoarders (like IBM, Apple and
Microsoft) before beginning development.
The greater implications of this decision are much more significant: the
patentability of software is widely considered a vital precedent for the
patenting of mathematical algorithms, business methods, musical structures and
literary forms.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/thumbs-down-for-software-patents-in-nz
http://legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2008/0235/latest/whole.html
Cheers!
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Julian Oliver
home: New Zealand
based: Berlin, Germany
currently: Berlin, Germany
about: http://julianoliver.com
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