“An expensive and ineffective patent regime is hampering the
work of Australia’s software community, a leading IT lawyer claimed
yesterday.“Jeremy Malcolm–who is also the manager of open source vendor
Terminus Network Services–told delegates to Linux.conf.au in
Canberra the poor quality of the patent examination process by the
responsible body, IP Australia, combined with open source
developers’ lack of funds to fight legal action, were serious flaws
in the regime. Developers faced serious problems when applying for
patents or defending against legal action from patent-holders as a
result…”
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