Economist letter

[Carsten Svaneborg <zqex@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de>]

Hi!

Letter from Economists Concerned About Proposed Directive on the 
Patentability 
of Computer-Implemented Invention.

http://www.researchineurope.org/policy/patentdirltr.htm
http://www.researchineurope.org/policy/patentdirltr.pdf

Excerpt: While clothed as an administrative clarification, the proposed
Directive will provide opportunities and incentives for the construction
of extensive portfolios of software patents.  The exploitation of these
portfolios will have serious detrimental effects on European innovation,
growth, and competitiveness. [..] We urge the members of the European
Parliament to reject the proposed Directive in its present form and to
request that the Commission develop an economic analysis that properly
considers the potential consequences of software patenting for European
software developers and users.

 
Same group of economists have drafted a critique of McCarthys
Explanatory Statement:

http://www.researchineurope.org/policy/critique.htm
http://www.researchineurope.org/policy/critique.pdf


-- 
  Mvh. Carsten Svaneborg