Presentation about software patents

["Gérald Sédrati-Dinet (gibus)" <sedrati@bigfoot.com>]

Sorry about the "double" posting, I've just realized that this list 
speaks more in english...

I've put on my personal web site a presentation about software patents.
The adopted point of view consists in seeing how the various (usual)
justifications of software patents for a small software publisher are
not good justifications indeed. Then non-negligible "social impacts" of 
software patents are presented. And finally the conclusion compares 
(poor) pros and (lots of) cons of software patents.

The plan of the presentation is the following :
    - 1st justification: defensive (software patents helps SMEs to 
protect their inventions from imitation)
    - 2nd justification: offensive (software patents give SMEs the 
incentive to incure the cost of innovation)
    - 3rd justiffication; advertise (software patent enhance 
evalutation of intangible assets for SMEs' investors)
    - Social impacts
    -Conclusion

I've made this presentation as an answer to a presentation I had in my 
company done by a patent attorney. I wanted people in my company to be 
awre of software patents aspects that are not covered by patent lawyers. 
At this time I'm not sure I will be authorized to make this 
"counter-presentation", but I feel it can be interesting for somebody.

So feel free to use and copy it

You can find this presentation on http://gibuskro.lautre.net/patents/

(and a french version on http://gibuskro.lautre.net/patents/fr/ ;)
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