http://gigaom.com/2012/03/11/can-big-data-fix-a-broken-system-for-software-patents/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2012/03/11/can-big-data-fix-a-broken-system-for-software-patents/#comment-818581 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:51:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=496853#comment-818581 You’re framing software patents as a difficult problem to solve. They are, in fact a trivial problem to solve: We shouldn’t have them. Period. No one except patent trolls and entrenched monopoly software vendors want software patents to exist. If you filled a room with 100 software engineers (that actually write software for a living), 100 of them would tell you software patents are a nightmare. They do nothing but hold back innovation and make it more difficult to start a software company in this country. You want more innovation in America? Get rid of software patents.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/03/11/can-big-data-fix-a-broken-system-for-software-patents/#comment-818367 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:42:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=496853#comment-818367 this is a huge hindrance on not only the industry but the negative effects reverberate through the economy – how can you quantify how many innovations have been foregone?

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