[Discussioni]Fwd: Posner: patents impeding software development

[Alessandro Rubini]

> From: PILCH Hartmut <phm a a2e.de>
> To: patents a aful.org
> Subject: [Patents] Posner: patents impeding software development     
> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 22:47:38 +0100
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> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-966595.html
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> WASHINGTON--U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner, one of America's 
> most prominent jurists, warned Tuesday of an "enormous expansion" of 
> intellectual-property law, ...
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> Posner's critique is significant because up to now much of the attack 
> on the steady expansion of intellectual-property rights has come from 
> the left, and the Seventh Circuit judge is a darling of the 
> conservative movement. Posner, a prolific author, is most famous for 
> applying economic analysis to the law. He also mediated settlement 
> talks in the Microsoft antitrust case.  
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> "A specialized court tends to see itself as a booster of its 
> speciality," Posner said. "Patents are clogging retail commerce on 
> the Internet, and software (patents) in particular are apparently 
> impediments to software development."  
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