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Blocking innovation and research
Revision as of 11:27, 3 March 2009 by Ciaran (talk | contribs) (→Studies: * The EuroLinux petition - 400,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to innovation)
Software patents stiffle innovation.
Not only does software innovation happens without patents, but it actually happens better without patents.
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..."
- The EuroLinux petition - 400,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to innovation
External links
- How Patent Trolls Are A Tax On Innovation, by venture capitalist Fred Wilson
