ESP Wiki is looking for moderators and active contributors!
Difference between revisions of "Software patents harm SMEs"
(* {{translate fr|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000118163954/www.lmi.fr/src/lmi/article/articlel.nsf/article/4A50754E3732918CC12567A0004BBA95?OpenDocument|title=Small publishers worry about being ch) |
m (→Reasons: links) |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
SMEs can't afford to get patents. | SMEs can't afford to get patents. | ||
| − | The patent grant process is too slow. SMEs have to get to profitability quickly to survive. | + | The patent [[Incompatible timespans|grant process is too slow]]. SMEs have to get to profitability quickly to survive. |
SMEs can't afford to check every idea they come up with to make sure that it hasn't already been patented by someone else. | SMEs can't afford to check every idea they come up with to make sure that it hasn't already been patented by someone else. | ||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
SMEs can't afford to defend themselves against patent litigation, even if they're sure the patent is invalid. | SMEs can't afford to defend themselves against patent litigation, even if they're sure the patent is invalid. | ||
| − | SMEs can't even get insurance against the risk of unintentional patent infringement (insurance companies know when a risk is too big to take on.) | + | SMEs [[Insurance against patent litigation doesn't work|can't even get insurance]] against the risk of unintentional patent infringement (insurance companies know when a risk is too big to take on.) |
==Statements== | ==Statements== | ||
Revision as of 10:00, 4 February 2010
During the lobbying around the EU software patents directive, representatives of small and medium enterprises were against software patents.
Reasons
SMEs can't afford to get patents.
The patent grant process is too slow. SMEs have to get to profitability quickly to survive.
SMEs can't afford to check every idea they come up with to make sure that it hasn't already been patented by someone else.
SMEs can't afford to defend themselves against patent litigation, even if they're sure the patent is invalid.
SMEs can't even get insurance against the risk of unintentional patent infringement (insurance companies know when a risk is too big to take on.)
Statements
Studies
- Rethinking the European ICT agenda "...most small enterprises are strongly opposed."
- Innovation in Germany, Windows of opportunity "...SMEs are crucial providers of pathbreaking innovations, but would be most adversely affected by patentability...."
(See other studies on economics and innovation)
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Some SMEs like software patents myth - when pro-swpat corporations pretend to speak for SMEs
External links
- How Patents Are Harming Small Companies Too
- Interview mentioning that 3% of patent applicants own 50% of the patents granted by the EPO, good quotes
- French original: Small publishers worry about being choked by patents (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
