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'''Patent lawyers''' make money by filing patents and bringing software developers to court. It's generally in their financial interest to say that software patents are and should be valid. | '''Patent lawyers''' make money by filing patents and bringing software developers to court. It's generally in their financial interest to say that software patents are and should be valid. | ||
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| + | When the [[European Commission]] held its [[Consultation Paper on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions]], 94% of replies were negative, but among respondents who identified themselves as "[[IP]] professionals", that rate dropped to 33%. | ||
Revision as of 23:05, 20 September 2009
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Patent lawyers make money by filing patents and bringing software developers to court. It's generally in their financial interest to say that software patents are and should be valid.
Is support for software patents exceptionally high among patent lawyers?
When the European Commission held its Consultation Paper on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions, 94% of replies were negative, but among respondents who identified themselves as "IP professionals", that rate dropped to 33%.
