On Thursday 08 August 2019 21:17:25 Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > 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,
Sounds like a great idea. Too bad Disney owns both offices today. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
