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(External links: * [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/index.html#software USPTO.gov's page section about the "Public Hearings on Software Patents"])
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* [[Microsoft]]: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_microsoft.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
 
* [[Mitch Kapor]] (Founder of Lotus): http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_kapor.htm
* [[Oracle]]: http://www.bustpatents.com/articles/oracle.htm
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* [[Oracle]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070212073739/http://www.bustpatents.com/articles/oracle.htm http://www.bustpatents.com/articles/oracle.htm]
 
* [[Silicon Graphics]]: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_sgi.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
 
* [[Sun Microsystems]]: http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/software_patent_sun.htm
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* [[Who lobbied for software patents]]
 
* [[Who lobbied for software patents]]
 
* [[Consultations from patent offices, governments, and courts]]
 
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* [[Changes in company policy over time]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Latest revision as of 14:04, 23 March 2014

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.

Statements

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


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