Software patents set new record in 2006
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| The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded 40,964 software
| patents in 2006, according to data compiled by the Public Patent
| Foundation.
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| Software patents filed in 2006 grew by 36 percent year-over-year,
| and have been on a gradual increase since the USPTO first started
| awarding them in 1982.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=44052
How the heck can anyone program with so many 'junk patents' (of a
mathematical nature) in mind?
Yesterday:
When Patents Threaten Science
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| Patents should not be used to protect laws of nature, products of
| nature, or mathematical formulas.
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/314/5804/1395
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