I was heartened but then disheartened after reading a comment on
reddit from a patent writer in the US -
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/bkfjy/new_zealand_rules_out_software_patents_in_new/c0n8its
I have no way of knowing how correct the post is, or whether the same
can be said for New Zealand. Thoughts anyone?
On 4/04/2010, at 9:56 PM, Julian Oliver wrote:
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!
--
Julian Oliver
home: New Zealand
based: Berlin, Germany
currently: Berlin, Germany
about: http://julianoliver.com
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