- From: Juan R. Pozo <jrpozo@conclase.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:06:52 +0200
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
What's the meaning of the expression "patent disclosure"? Aren't patents supposed to be public and documented and searchable by anyone? Aren't patents supposed to foster innovation? If there are so many cases of companies suddenly claiming out of the blue that something someone thought of has been patented before by them, isn't this patent system effectively *preventing* innovation, and causing the waste of vast quantities of time, efforts and money? Why would a people's government support those kinds of patents? If these patents are software patents, aren't they being improperly utilized? Shouldn't a software company earn its revenue from selling software, not patents? Thank you for your answers, -- Juan R. Pozo - http://html.conclase.net/
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