On 09/08/2019 12:05, John Hasler wrote:
There is a lot wrong with the patent system. Twenty years is too long. Fees are too high. Processing is too slow. The language used in the disclosures is arcane (the disclosure is supposed to teach the invention to someone "skilled in the art", but the art one must be skilled in is patent law). Software patents not only exist, but are described in *incredibly* arcane language rather than in source code. Pharmaceutical patent law is even more bizarre than software patent law (mostly due to the efforts of Congress to "fix" it).
New Zealand banned pure software patents in 2013: How New Zealand banned software patents without violating international law https://qz.com/119419/how-new-zealand-banned-software-patents-without-violating-international-law/ Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> New Zealand
