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| − | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/03/akamai-takes-another-software-patent-scalp.ars Akamai attacks | + | * [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 | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 31 August 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 Limelight 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
