Geoff I'm sorry. Did you actually read Besson and Meurer?
I did and I think they did an excellent job of making their case that software patents do not have economic benefit for the industry d On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, geoffrey mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Aug 13, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Danny Lieberman wrote: > > Shachar >> >> Read Patent Failure by Besson and Meuer - software patents are a net >> economic negative - ie the cost to write, issue and enforce is greater than >> the economic benefit. >> >> This is in comparison with pharma and chemical industries where patents >> have a net economic positive balance - ie profit from patents outweighs cost >> > > > It's pure speculation. Not only did they not IMHO make their case, they > never cited any real facts of economic benefit/loss. They also discounted > which seems to be a running theme, any value that honest people will not > knowingly infringe even if it means dropping a product or licensing the > patened technology before they start. > > They also discounted the profit from licensed software that was patented > such as CD's, DVD's, Ethernet, Token Ring, etc. Imagine what would have > happened if the VoIP patents had actually been applied to all VoIP? How much > money would VocalTech be making? > > Geoff. > > -- > geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM > Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com > > > > > > -- Danny Lieberman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect your data: http://www.software.co.il Twitter: http://twitter.com/onlyjazz Skype: dannyl50 Warsaw:+48-79-609-5964 Israel: +972 8 9701485 Mobile: +972 - 54 447 1114
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