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- From: paul@wolfbone.ath.cx (P.L.Hayes)
- To: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
- Cc: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>, epo@mlist.Austria.EU.net, patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: PATNEWS: Study: software patents have NO bad effect on industry
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:12:55 +0100
PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de> writes:
> GregNews (http://swpat.ffii.org/players/aharonian/) rails once more against
> the "braindead" European critics of software patents, this time encouraged
> by
> a study
>
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=926204
>
> of which only the following abstract seems to be world-readable:
I had no trouble downloading it some time ago but I did have to allow
cookies for it to work. I read it after it was mentioned at
http://xrl.us/rtpn and pointed out that it didn't seem to be saying
much. I also posted a later and fuller response there explaining
exactly why I thought it didn't say much but the IP Central bods
declined to publish it. In that response I noted that the paper only
looked at software patent holding /software firms/ and that such firms
hold only 7% of all software patents anyway. I also noted that the
paper's proxies for patent quality (those that didn't "give confusing
results") seemed to me at least to measure only that and not invention
quality, so I didn't think that the paper's, "I will present data
showing that successful software firms are doing more than simply
cynically stockpiling patents; they are putting real effort into
seeking and obtaining high-quality patents, patents that demonstrate
significant earmarks of quality." was very reassuring either.
>
> GregNews moreover quotes a blog entry, apparently by a patent law expert,
> about the European situation and suggests that this material be used to
> approach
> members of the European Parliament. Let me quote this with a few comments:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
> To: epo@mlist.Austria.EU.net
>
> !20060920 Study: software patents have NO NO NO bad effect on industry
>
> At least from the abstract quoted above, this can't be concluded. Rather
> the
> study says that some of the most dire predicitons didn't come true.
Exactly. I don't think very many of our MEPs are stupid enough to fall for
such nonsense.
Paul.
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