I would argue or at least put out that in the software area there's a
real potential for overprotection of what's going on in a piece of
software. It's already protected by copyright. Now you're starting to
add patents. What is the marginal benefit of this? (...) We filed patents on virtually everything. (...)
Yar Chaikovsky, former and sole patent counsel at Yahoo!:
My main point [...] is that it's really competition that spurs
innovation. I haven't seen anyone look at the USPTO's website and say,
"Wow, I found these ten patents. going to come up with a great idea."
Paul Misener, Amazon.com's Vice President for Global Public Policy:
A business method or software patent ought to be able to catch a lot
of wind in three to five years and there's probably no need to protect
that for twenty years, so in spite of the fact that we hold several of
these patents, we actually lobbied for a reduced term on them.
Brad Friedman, Director of Intellectual Property at Cadence Design
Systems, Incorporated:
The beneficial role the patent system in its present form plays in
Cadence's industry is not at all clear. Compared to the effect of
competition in this industry, the current patent system has relatively
little effect on the motivation to innovate. The short time cycles of
innovation, product development and market obsolescence in this
industry are inadequately addressed by a patent system encumbered by a
single process used for all patent applications. »
[^] # Re: Brevetabilité : Brevets logiciels et menaces sur l'économie
Posté par Benoît Sibaud (site web personnel) . En réponse à la dépêche Brevetabilité : Brevets logiciels et menaces sur l'économie. Évalué à 1.
« Mr. Kohn, former General Counsel of Borland:
I would argue or at least put out that in the software area there's a
real potential for overprotection of what's going on in a piece of
software. It's already protected by copyright. Now you're starting to
add patents. What is the marginal benefit of this? (...) We filed patents on virtually everything. (...)
Yar Chaikovsky, former and sole patent counsel at Yahoo!:
My main point [...] is that it's really competition that spurs
innovation. I haven't seen anyone look at the USPTO's website and say,
"Wow, I found these ten patents. going to come up with a great idea."
Paul Misener, Amazon.com's Vice President for Global Public Policy:
A business method or software patent ought to be able to catch a lot
of wind in three to five years and there's probably no need to protect
that for twenty years, so in spite of the fact that we hold several of
these patents, we actually lobbied for a reduced term on them.
Brad Friedman, Director of Intellectual Property at Cadence Design
Systems, Incorporated:
The beneficial role the patent system in its present form plays in
Cadence's industry is not at all clear. Compared to the effect of
competition in this industry, the current patent system has relatively
little effect on the motivation to innovate. The short time cycles of
innovation, product development and market obsolescence in this
industry are inadequately addressed by a patent system encumbered by a
single process used for all patent applications. »