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From: James Heald <j.heald@ucl.ac.uk>
To: old.timer@tiscali.co.uk
Cc: Russell McOrmond <russell@flora.ca>, Patent forum <patents@aful.org>
Subject: Re: [Patents] newsscan: Software patent limits 'go too far'
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:00:42 +0100

old.timer@tiscali.co.uk wrote:

But patents are supposed to be about protecting concepts, regardless of
any specific implementation. If the underlying idea is a patentable invention,
why should others be able to steal that invention if they use a computer
program, but not if they use any other means?

Patents are supposed to be about allowing a return on an investment, to encourage innovation.

Copyright does this for computer programs, so patents aren't needed.

Re: [Patents] newsscan: Software patent limits 'go too far', (continued)

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