image cover.jpg (16.2kB)

347 pages que le législateur (nos ~décideurs~ en matière législative) devrait lire (ou relire)

page 10
Sometimes economists quote Machlup (1958) to suggest the futility of attempting to draw broad conclusions about the performance of the patent system: “If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible . . . to recommend instituting one. But since we have had a patent system for a long time, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge, to recommend abolishing it.”

pages du chapitre 9
page 188
Software also seems to be an area with large numbers of relatively obvious patents. For these reasons, it is not surprising that a substantial share of current patent litigation involves software patents.
Are Software Patents Different?
page 189