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From en.swpat.org

In 1994, the USPTO held hearings on software patents.

Many companies that argued against software patents at this hearing later turned into advocates of software patents.

[edit] Statements

The following is a (partial?) list of statements made at this hearing. (Can you help? check here for more)

• Adobe: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_adobe.htm
• Autodesk: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_autodesk.htm
• Borland International: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_borland.htm
• IBM: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_ibm.htm
• Microsoft: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_microsoft.htm
• Mitch Kapor (Founder of Lotus): http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_kapor.htm
• Oracle: http://www.bustpatents.com/articles/oracle.htm
• Silicon Graphics: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_sgi.htm
• Sun Microsystems: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_sun.htm
• Synopsys: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_synopsys.htm
• Time Warner Cable: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_timewarner.htm
• Videodiscovery: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_videodiscovery.htm
• Wind River Systems: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_windriver.htm

[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org

• Who lobbied for software patents
• Consultations from patent offices, governments, and courts
• Changes in company policy over time

[edit] External links

• USPTO.gov's page section about the "Public Hearings on Software Patents"
• James Huggins' pages about the hearings
• http://www.bustpatents.com/articles/oracle.htm (see Oracle)
• http://progfree.org/Patents/san-jose.html - LPF
• www.base.com/software-patents/software-patents.html (archive.org copy) - also listing positions from this hearing