Another interesting read is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reaserch into patent policy and competition policy, you find extracts at:
http://www.ffii.org.uk/ftc/ftc.html
The conclusion are that in the software sector competition is much more
important factor in driving innovation than patent protection.
Robert.
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