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Revision as of 18:13, 1 July 2009
Software patents prevent competition and entrench monopolies, thus hurting consumers and preventing the proper functioning of the software market.
Studies
- The EuroLinux petition - 435,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to competition and innovation
- Network competition through regulation
External links
- Akamai attacks Limewire as well as other competitors
- Japan's 2nd most used word processor taken off the market in 2005:
- TechDirt: Help Function Patent In Japan Means All Copies Of Word Processor Get Destroyed, Feb 2005
- ComputerWorld: Tokyo court orders popular word processor off market, Feb 2005
