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Originally Posted by praka123
but software patents essentially hinders innovations I think
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You think wrong. If someone innovated something before you did like some taskbar or login screen then your innovation is not an innovation & you should not be allowed to make money out of it without paying the original author of patent.
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if someone found a new idea/program which was already patented by someone in USA,it is called "patent infringement" wth?the developer is totally unknowing of what patent his idea was registered in USA 
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The the developer should acknowledge the original author who patented the original idea, & come up with something better. The developer should find out or know whether his idea was already innovated by someone or not previously.
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patents are poison for development hindering innovations.
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Patent are one of the big reason for innovation. How many innovations do you see coming out of India or China in software section? Hardly any due to non-existent software patent rules here. In western countries people innovate in software because they know there idea will be with them only & they will be able to make money out of it, using which they can further develop the idea.
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there are even patent troll corporates and companies there who are bullying ,sueing unsuspecting companies esp OSS that they infringed original patents.
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If any company whether it is OSS or Closed source uses the patented idea of some other company, then the original company has all the rights to sue. It is not allowed for the second company to use the original idea of 1st company to make money if it is the innovation of 1st company, 2nd company should pay the first company as the original company came up with the idea first.
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EULA's are already giving more thane enough protection for companies.
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It seems to give problem to Pirates & OSS users only.
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software patents on the other hand are used as a tool to blackmail/sue other competitors,Open Source companies etc.
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Incorrectly portrayed. Is it wrong for me to charge money for the new herbal drug to reduce weight I invented? Just like that, is it wrong for say GXSoft to ask money & licensing fees from Microsoft if Microsoft wants to use something I invendted in software section?
Why don't you simply say that development of Linux is behind Windows or Mac OS X due to software patent only. Companies already innovated & patented what they innovated & due to these patents Linux is unable to come with some original idea or copy 
Like I said above, software patent should be there but for some duration like 5 or 7 years.