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:''(For how patents are used as a barrier to protect a specific company or domain, see [[Blocks competing software, reducing choice]])''
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Software patents '''prevent competition and entrench monopolies''', thus hurting consumers and preventing the proper functioning of the software market.
 
Software patents '''prevent competition and entrench monopolies''', thus hurting consumers and preventing the proper functioning of the software market.
  
==Studies==
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==Supporting evidence==
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* [[Network competition through regulation]]
 
* [[The EuroLinux petition]] - 435,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to competition and [[Software patents stiffle innovation|innovation]]
 
* [[The EuroLinux petition]] - 435,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to competition and [[Software patents stiffle innovation|innovation]]
* [[Network competition through regulation]]
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==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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* [[Cost of getting patents]]
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* [[Costs are astronomically disproportionate for SMEs and individuals]]
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* [[Software distributors paying Microsoft patent tax]]
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* [[Blocks competing software, reducing choice]]
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* [[Used for sabotage rather than competition]]
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* [[Costs]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
* [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/03/akamai-takes-another-software-patent-scalp.ars Akamai attacks Limewire] as well as other competitors
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* [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/03/akamai-takes-another-software-patent-scalp.ars Akamai attacks Limelight] as well as other competitors
 
* [[Japan]]'s 2nd most used word processor taken off the market in 2005:
 
* [[Japan]]'s 2nd most used word processor taken off the market in 2005:
 
** TechDirt: [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050207/0315213.shtml Help Function Patent In Japan Means All Copies Of Word Processor Get Destroyed], Feb 2005
 
** TechDirt: [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050207/0315213.shtml Help Function Patent In Japan Means All Copies Of Word Processor Get Destroyed], Feb 2005
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Revision as of 06:15, 7 October 2014

(For how patents are used as a barrier to protect a specific company or domain, see Blocks competing software, reducing choice)

Software patents prevent competition and entrench monopolies, thus hurting consumers and preventing the proper functioning of the software market.

Supporting evidence

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links