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- From: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>, Simo Sorce <simo.sorce@xsec.it>, Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>
- Cc: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Paper: "Rent Seeking and Innovation"
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:50:07 -0400 (EDT)
Bernard writes:
>It so happens that while in some industries, the legal overhead [of patents]
>is bearable, compared to other costs, in the software business (for
>example) the legal art of your budget goes out of proportion with
>other parts.
Where is your comparative industry sector economic analysis or data to
support such an assertion? There are two costs with patents: getting
them and fighting battles. In Europe, where the loser pays, most comapanies
have little to worry about having stupid software patents asserted against
them (so that they don't have to allocate that much money from their budget
to handle such cases). Their acquistion costs for patents are no different
than for other industries, like electronic circuits.
In America, the situation is different, but I know of no data supporting
any assertion about the comparative impact of patents on budgets by
industries.
So SHOW ME THE DATA.
Greg Aharonian
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