ITGen: Software Patents - unwelcome and unwanted http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-163776/itgen:software-patents-unwelcome-and-unwanted Posts in the discussion thread "ITGen: Software Patents - unwelcome and unwanted" - Software patents are not currently available in New Zealand, although several companies have tried to get “by the back door”, i.e. by tying the software idea they want to patent to some piece of hardware. A software patent is a state-enforced monopoly on a idea. They exist in the US and some other countries, but not in many places including New Zealand. We don’t need or want them here. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-163776#post-513247 ITGen: Software Patents - unwelcome and unwanted http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-163776/itgen:software-patents-unwelcome-and-unwanted#post-513247 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:30:35 +0000 zoobab 2946 "Software patents are not currently available in New Zealand, although several companies have tried to get “by the back door”, i.e. by tying the software idea they want to patent to some piece of hardware. A software patent is a state-enforced monopoly on a idea. They exist in the US and some other countries, but not in many places including New Zealand. We don’t need or want them here."

Source: http://it.gen.nz/2009/06/19/software-patents-unwelcome-and-unwanted/

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