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Government in New Zealand pushes for Software Patents
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| The Green party has already taken a position against software patents in New
| Zealand, but what is more important is to convince the right wing
| conservatives that software patents harms the local economy.
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-91796/government-in-new-zealand-pushes-for-software-patents
Australia Considers Overhauling Patent Laws After Realizing Current System Is
Harming Innovation
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| Specifically, the report showed that the ease of getting a patent in
| Australia was leading to way too many bad patents being granted, which were
| then being used to stifle innovation and investment.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20080925/0246072372.shtml
Federal Government considers overhauling patent laws
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| THE federal Government is considering overhauling patent laws, after a major
| report this week found the ease with which patents were granted in Australia
| was hampering innovation.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24331687-17044,00.html
A fortnight ago:
Patent Crisis and The Age of Open Source Ideas
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| Here's a simple scenario. A startup produces an innovative idea and works
| with a patent lawyer to file a patent. This takes a considerable amount of
| time (a few months at least) and a substantial amount of money ($25K+). But
| the startup does it anyway and after the patent is filed, people feel
| comforted that their idea is safe.
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| Right? Of course not! Not even close. Any patent filed today will take 4-6
| years to approve. In the current era where a week is a long time and a year
| is an eternity, the time to process a patent is unbearably long. Because of
| this gap, filing a patent appears useless. While you can threaten based on a
| pending patent, people are unlikely to take it seriously.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/patent_crisis_and_the_age_of_open_source_ideas.php
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| Staff at the European Patent Office went on strike accusing the organization
| of corruption: specifically, stretching the standards for patents in order to
| make more money.
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| One of the ways that the EPO has done this is by issuing software patents in
| defiance of the treaty that set it up.
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http://www.stallman.org/archives/2008-jul-oct.html#24%20September%202008%20%28Patent%20Office%20on%20Strike%29
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