From libs@cybercable.tm.fr Tue, 14 Dec 1999 01:37:49 +0100 (CET)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 01:37:49 +0100 (CET)
From: Jean-Marc Libs libs@cybercable.tm.fr
Subject: [Patents] Article about patents and their real use

It seems that our problems with patents reflect issues which used to 
be commonplace a century ago (and then patents were found to be 
anticompetitive, until today) :
http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/opinion/story?id=382a24f90

It's not particularly about software, but it raises a lot of 
issues about the way patents are going to  be used.

Regards,
Jean-Marc Libs


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