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==Patent thickets==
 
What about the fact that nobody will be able to develop software, if they got a patent to ''"protect"'' their idea, at all because of the thousands of patents owned by large companies (such as IBM or Microsoft) which used in that software if they tried to deny them?--[[User:94.98.37.115|94.98.37.115]] 04:43, 5 August 2009 (EDT)
 
What about the fact that nobody will be able to develop software, if they got a patent to ''"protect"'' their idea, at all because of the thousands of patents owned by large companies (such as IBM or Microsoft) which used in that software if they tried to deny them?--[[User:94.98.37.115|94.98.37.115]] 04:43, 5 August 2009 (EDT)
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:Yup, sounds worth adding. [[User:Ciaran|Ciaran]] 08:40, 5 August 2009 (EDT)

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Patent thickets

What about the fact that nobody will be able to develop software, if they got a patent to "protect" their idea, at all because of the thousands of patents owned by large companies (such as IBM or Microsoft) which used in that software if they tried to deny them?--94.98.37.115 04:43, 5 August 2009 (EDT)

Yup, sounds worth adding. Ciaran 08:40, 5 August 2009 (EDT)