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[Australia-public-discuss] Rare opportunity on software patents


From: Ben Sturmfels
Subject: [Australia-public-discuss] Rare opportunity on software patents
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:23:26 +1100
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Hi Folks,

The Australian government is requesting comments in a review of "innovation patents". Submissions close *this Friday* 14 October. This is a rare opportunity to be heard.

Please write to <address@hidden>, explaining the problems of software patents and pointing out that "innovation patents" are the same, but worse. (I've added some notes below to help get you started.)

Important:
 1. Please focus on software patents only, not patents in general.
 2. Please BCC to <address@hidden>.
 3. Try get your colleagues and organisation to co-sign.

For more on the campaign, please visit:
http://endsoftpatents.org/australia.

The ACIP review:
http://www.acip.gov.au/reviews.html#patsys

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Ben Sturmfels


Ideas for your email
====================
Please feel free use your own words and ideas too.

FYI: "Innovation patents" came about in 2000 as a replacement for "petty patents". They have a term of 8 years (std. patents 20 years), minimal examination and much lower barrier of "inventiveness" - easy to get, just as hard to defeat.

Intro ideas: software patents in general
----------------------------------------
 - you're in the software industry

- patents on computation and information processing do the opposite of promoting innovation

 - harmful to both software industry and society

 - as such should be abolished

- you're one of the thousands who signed the paper petition to the House of Representatives calling for this

Body ideas: "innovation patents" are the same but worse
-------------------------------------------------------
 - pose all the same risks as standard patents

- are worse because they have lower requirements for examination and inventiveness

 - should also be abolished

Closing ideas:
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- you wish you'd been aware of the 2009 Review of Patentable Subject Matter so you could have commented on that too



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