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Story: Do patents threaten your business?

Posted by: Eur Ing Christopher Thoday (Wednesday 23 February 2005, 1:02 AM)

All the talk by proponents of software patents is about the supposed benefit to large companies who are the only people who can afford the huge legal fees.

Surely it is the function of government to protect my right as a qualified software engineer to practice my profession unhindered by restrictive practices promoted by the lawyers in the Patent Office. It is clear from the information published by the Patent Office that they have no understanding of software development.

Surely the government should employ a Chief Software Engineer to give them some proper technical advice. While he or she is at it they could tackle scandal of the the vast sums of taxpayers' money wasted on failed It system. Some elementary systems analysis and proper quality control procedures would not come amiss.