Podiplomski študent bostonske pravne fakultete je preveril, ali so programski patenti v zadnjih 20 letih prinesli kaj koristi ameriškim podjetjem. Zaključuje, da bolj ne.
Notri navedeni argumenti so sicer že dobro znani, me pa zanima, če kdo pozna še kako podobno študijo. -i
http://www.bu.edu/law/faculty/scholarship/workingpapers/Bessen-Generation-So...
A generation of software patents by James Bessen (Boston University School of Law, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Abstract: This report examines changes in the patenting behavior of the software industry since the 1990s. It finds that most software firms still do not patent, most software patents are obtained by a few large firms in the software industry or in other industries, and the risk of litigation from software patents continues to increase dramatically. Given these findings, it is hard to conclude that software patents have provided a net social benefit in the software industry.