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- From: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- To: patents@aful.org, Jama Poulsen <jama@debianlinux.net>
- Subject: Re: [Patents] [belinda.don@scottishtories.org.uk: EU Software Patent Directive]
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:47:16 -0400 (EDT)
>On the contrary, there are claims by economists that software patents do
>stifle innovation and restrain economic growth within a country.
There are also claims by economists that software patents do not stifle
innovation and do not restrain economic growth within a country.
There are also claims by economists that biotech/electronics/drug patents
do stifle innovation and restrain economic growth within a country.
Economists claim all sorts of things, often based on simplified assumptions
about how the business world operates. If you present "your" economists
to the EP, your opponents will present "their" economists to the EP, most
likely resulting in the EP ignoring both sets of opinions because they
don't have time to figure out whose assumptions are less realistic.
Greg Aharonian
- Re: [Patents] [belinda.don@scottishtories.org.uk: EU Software Patent Directive], Gregory Aharonian
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