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Patents Bill : A Software Storm in an Ideological Teacup

Patents Bill Second Reading: A Software Storm in an Ideological Teacup

By By guest blogger Doug Calhoun for sticK

(sticK - 17 Sept 2012 ) Patents Bill Second Reading: A Software Storm in an Ideological Teacup

Thirty years after the Muldoon government first looked at patent law reform, a new patent law is on track to come into force by the end of 2013. This guest blogger has been involved in working with and on the current act since 1974. And my reaction to the second reading debate?

“This is the way the world ends:
This is the way the world ends:
Not with a bang but a whimper.”

“The Hollow Men”

-TS Elliott

The bill runs to 165 pages with over 300 sections. It emphasises the goal of its authors to make it as difficult as possible to obtain a patent and as easy as possible for anyone to invalidate one.

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Patents Bill Second Reading: A Software Storm in an Ideological Teacup

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Thirty years after the Muldoon government first looked at patent law reform, a new patent law is on track to come into force by the end of 2013. This guest blogger has been involved in working with and on the current act since 1974. And my reaction to the second reading debate?

“This is the way the world ends:
This is the way the world ends:
Not with a bang but a whimper.”

“The Hollow Men”

-TS Elliott

The bill runs to 165 pages with over 300 sections. It emphasises the goal of its authors to make it as difficult as possible to obtain a patent and as easy as possible for anyone to invalidate one.


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