Fixing Software Patents

Goldman, Eric

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Fixing Software Patents

Eric Goldman

Santa Clara University - School of Law

January 1, 2013

Forbes Tertium Quid Blog, November 28, December 11 and December 12, 2012
Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 01-13

Abstract:
This paper discusses software patents’ unique attributes, challenges in trying to address problems with software patents, and some ideas for fixing the problems with software patents. It was written in connection with a November 2012 conference at Santa Clara University School of Law entitled “Solutions to the Software Patent Problem,” and the initial version of this paper was published in three posts at the Tertium Quid blog at Forbes.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 13

Keywords: software patents, patents, innovation

JEL Classification: O34, K2, O31

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Date posted: January 10, 2013 ; Last revised: January 15, 2013

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Goldman, Eric, Fixing Software Patents (January 1, 2013). Forbes Tertium Quid Blog, November 28, December 11 and December 12, 2012; Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 01-13. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2199180

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