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After months of vehement arguments from anti-patent lobbyists, the European Union could finally approve a controversial draft software patent law on Monday. The decision would signify a possible end to a long battle over the use of such patents in the EU. The Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, or CIID, was unanimously rejected by the European Parliament last month with a request for additional review and a possible redraft.
Re: EU Ready To Approve Patent Law Monday
Posted by: Kagehi 2005-03-05 10:42:36 In reply to: Jennifer LeClaire
>"Patents encourage idea sharing because the inventors have to fully disclose their invention to obtain a patent. Otherwise the inventors would have the incentive to keep everything secret."
????? Let me get this straight. You patent an 'idea' and that's *sharing* it? Share = anyone can use it, not everyone has to buy it from you. The two sentences are mutually exclusive. And who the heck cares if they keep something secret? It only hurts them in the long run if someone else comes up with a better solution two days later. All patents 'actually' do is prevent anyone else from coming up with that alternate solution for implimenting the same idea. Give me a break!
????? Let me get this straight. You patent an 'idea' and that's *sharing* it? Share = anyone can use it, not everyone has to buy it from you. The two sentences are mutually exclusive. And who the heck cares if they keep something secret? It only hurts them in the long run if someone else comes up with a better solution two days later. All patents 'actually' do is prevent anyone else from coming up with that alternate solution for implimenting the same idea. Give me a break!
