Some potentially good news on software patents... see the last sentence of the quote.
<quote> The FTC report on patents and competition The U.S. Federal Trade Commission was asked to research the interface between patent policy and competition policy. After extensive hearings, its report "To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy" was published in October 2003. The FTC looked especially closely at the different effects of patents on the competitive environment in four key high-tech industries: pharmaceuticals, biotech, computer hardware/semiconductors, and computer software/internet. In its quietly-stated, deeply-researched governmental way, its conclusions are fascinating and devastating: software patents do virtually nothing positive to promote innovation, but create a competition nightmare. </quote> Full story at: http://www.ffii.org.uk/ftc/ftc.html -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
