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Numerous studies have shown that software patents are bad for innovation and national economies. Here's a collection of evidence.

Contents 1 en.swpat.org articles 2 All studies 2.1 2004 2.2 2003 2.3 1999 3 Related pages on en.swpat.org 4 External links 4.1 Reports 4.2 Other collections of links 4.2.1 FFII pages

[edit] en.swpat.org articles

Articles generally contain quotes and excerpts.

• 2009 patent litigation study - PriceWaterhouseCoopers, January 2010
• Venturous Australia - 2009
• Patents and the Regress of Useful Arts - Torrance and Tomlinson, 2009
• 2008 State of Software Patents - Klemens, 2008
• Although not a study, the Aerotel v. Telco ruling of 2006 in the UK contains detailed commentary
• Rethinking the European ICT agenda - PriceWaterhouseCoopers, September 2004
• Innovation in Germany, Windows of opportunity - Deutsche Bank Research, June 2004
• An Empirical Look at Software Patents - Bessen and Hunt, March 2004
• US FTC report on innovation - US Federal Trade Commission, October 2003
• Gowers Review of Intellectual Property - commissioned by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, December 2006
• Network Competition Through Regulation report - German Monopoly Commission, 2002

[edit] All studies

[edit] 2004

• Innovation in Germany – Windows of opportunity, Deutsche Bank Research for the German government, 2004.
• An Empirical Look at Software Patents, Bessen & Hunt, 2004.

[edit] 2003

• (title sought) "Broersma, April 28 & August 28, 2003", which said or is used to support somebody saying: "United States, where such patents are allowed, large corporations such as IBM routinely stockpile patents to be used against competitors--usually to the detriment of smaller companies"

[edit] 1999

• Rivette & Kline, 1999, which is used to support the claim that "patents can be used to delay or stifle innovation through the use of patent pools, patent thickets, exclusive licensing, and other abusive patent enforcement tactics"

[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org

• Books about software and patents
  • There may be more studies in the references of the online book Against Intellectual Monopoly, such as those of chapter 3's mention of a year 2000 Carnegie Survey

[edit] External links

[edit] Reports

For each of these, we should make a wiki page, like the above-linked pages, to explain the relevance and to point readers to the most important parts of the documents.

• http://www.researchoninnovation.org/swpat.pdf - economists against swpat
• http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf - MIT research
• http://www.kuesterlaw.com/swpat.html - a 1995 paper by a USA laywer
• http://www.marsouin.org/IMG/pdf/Jullien-Zimmermann_8-2005.pdf

[edit] Other collections of links

• EndSoftwarePatents.org Resources For Economists
• Wikipedia's related article has good external links

[edit] FFII pages

• An FFII page of economics studies
• Another FFII collection of economic studies (see directory for LaTeX/bibtex sources)
• A list of studies on the Wiki of the European petition to stop software patents
• Studies and Opinions related to the Software Patent Directive Project