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==Studies==
 
==Studies==
 
* [[An Empirical Look at Software Patents]] "''...We find evidence that software patents substitute for R&D at the firm level; they are associated with lower R&D intensity...''"
 
* [[An Empirical Look at Software Patents]] "''...We find evidence that software patents substitute for R&D at the firm level; they are associated with lower R&D intensity...''"
* [[The EuroLinux petition]] - 400,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to innovation
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* [[The EuroLinux petition]] - 400,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to innovation and [[Preventing competition|competition]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 11:29, 3 March 2009

Software patents stiffle innovation.

Not only does software innovation happens without patents, but it actually happens better without patents.

Studies

External links