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Hello? Walter Olson:
The patenting of software, in contrast to the patenting of chemical and pharmaceutical compounds, generates relatively high litigation costs and low benefits . . .
What’s with the low benefits? It says relatively high litigation costs! What’s not to love?
Oh. You mean low benefits for companies, shareholders, innovators and consumers? Them?
Oh, oh. Never mind.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:37 am
[...] Which isn’t to say that “process steps [that] may be performed entirely in the human mind” don’t have their own charm. They just can’t be patented. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. [...]