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- From: Simo Sorce <simo.sorce@xsec.it>
- To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- Cc: patents@aful.org, Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: "Rent Seeking and Innovation"
- Date: 25 Apr 2003 08:40:43 +0200
- Organization: Xsec s.r.l.
On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 01:05, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> >In the chip business you have to invest in building factories. In
> >software you don't.
>
> Obviously you know nothing about the chip business. There are many
> companies in the chip business that are nothing more than a bunch
> of programmers using circuit design tools.
The fact that some had enough money to start with that business does not
mean that's a good thing to raising the barrier with patents is a good
thing.
However, you are speaking of circuit design patents like they were
similar to software patents.
I'm not sure, but I think the circuits patents are really much more
similar to copyright than classical patents, can you confirm this?
Simo.
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