[Patents] invention and discovery

[dewaz dewaz@ran.es]

John Tobey wrote:
> 
> "antonio abrantes" <antonio_abrantes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  As Greg Aharonian said: "Both took equal amounts of brainpower to
> > develop, and
> > similar amounts of time and cost of equipment needed.  I see know
> > reason why my inventiveness with the circuits should be rewardable
> > with a patent, but not my inventiveness with the software"

Hi there!
Your invetiveness is protected in both circumstances,with patent and
copyright.
Why do you want patenting soft then?
Sometimes developing a theory is as hard as getting the invention.
So why not patenting theories?
Patents are not just a  reward for "brainpower" as I explain below. 



> 
> This fallacy has been used too often in defense of software patents.
> The program and the circuit did *not* take equal amounts of
> brainpower, time, and cost.  Let me explain.
> 
> The effort that goes into a software implementation like Amazon's web
> site is quite different from the construction of a factory:  It
> involves no risk, and its completion gives no benefit to society.

I will never justify patenting in terms of "brainpower" or "financial
risk".
Have someone more right to get a patent just because one is less
intelligence or less rich?
Patenting shouldn't have nothing to do with those.
In my humble opinion "brainpower" is even more ambiguous than "non
obviousness" or "the state of the art".




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