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Story: Do patents threaten your business?

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Software patents are like legal weapons which only rich boys can buy lots of. Very democratic, innovation boosting and local economy improving for sure. Not!

Will software patents threaten your business?
Well, what have you seen and heard so far that ensures that software patents won't be turned against you (e.g.: simply because the first court hearing would invalidate the software patent demand against you)? You see, there's a world of uncertainty between the words "we won't" and "we can't".

I've yet to hear a good reason why the current system (copyrights) is so broken beyond repair that it can't be fixed and certainly is suddenly not good enough anymore.

And I've yet to hear a good reason why pre-law 'software patents' are already being handed out to anyone with a large enough bag of money. What's wrong with invalidating all of those and do a solid review of today's patent awarding practices first?

In all, this whole software patent mess seems to have great potential to turn into a EU level PatentGate. At the very least there are a few politicians here and there that have some explaining to do concerning their code of conduct. And especially how independant and professional their advisors really are.

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