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We, the undersigned:
- believe that innovation is hindered, not helped, by software patents;
- believe that the current clause 10A(2) of the Patents Bill undermines the exclusion of software patents;
- request that Commerce Minister Craig Foss alter the Supplementary Order Paper for the Patents Bill currently awaiting its second reading before NZ Parliament to read as follows:
10A(2): Subsection (1) does not prevent an invention that makes use of an embedded computer program from being patentable.
| # | Comment |
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| 321 | Andrew Karl Mills | sole trader | 4 Sep 2012 15:59 | |
| 322 | Paul Coddington | Pink Axolotl | As Senior developer at Pink Axolotl, Microsoft Partner and software solutions provider. | 4 Sep 2012 16:01 |
| 323 | Andrew McMillan | Morphoss Ltd | Patents stifle growth, placing barriers in the way of converting innovative ideas into saleable solutions. The only people who benefit from this chilling effect are large corporations who can afford to pursue costly processes and survive ensuring litigation. No thanks. | 4 Sep 2012 16:07 |
| 324 | Liviu Sas | 4 Sep 2012 16:08 | ||
| 325 | Nicholas John Lennan | 4 Sep 2012 16:09 | ||
| 326 | Richard Innes | 4 Sep 2012 16:09 | ||
| 327 | Greg Bodnar | Industrial Research Ltd | 4 Sep 2012 16:11 | |
| 328 | Kevin Luke | Mall Audio | 4 Sep 2012 16:11 | |
| 329 | James Speed-Kerr | 4 Sep 2012 16:12 | ||
| 330 | David Christie | 4 Sep 2012 16:17 | ||
| 331 | Keir Rice | 4 Sep 2012 16:19 | ||
| 332 | Robin Hilton | Software should never be patentable. | 4 Sep 2012 16:20 | |
| 333 | Miraz Jordan | Sole trader | 4 Sep 2012 16:21 | |
| 334 | Scott Wylie | Techworks Ltd | 4 Sep 2012 16:21 | |
| 335 | Matt Kraemer | proper insulation | 4 Sep 2012 16:22 | |
| 336 | Ayla Guinever Allen | 4 Sep 2012 16:23 | ||
| 337 | James Miller | PocketRent | 4 Sep 2012 16:25 | |
| 338 | Gavin Thompson | Catalyst IT Limited | Software patents stifle innovation and reduce productivity, the very opposite of what government should be encouraging in a weak economy. | 4 Sep 2012 16:26 |
| 339 | Daniel John Neville | The government’s last-minute addition of 10A(2) horribly perverts the intention of the original bill. However unintentional it might have been, the effect is somewhat like a rider or a submarine bill of the sort that is infamous in U.S. politics. Software patents are a bad idea. The behaviour of the USPTO amounts to racketeering given that they advised that the best protection against spurious patent lawsuits was to build a portfolio of (equally spurious) “defensive” patents. | 4 Sep 2012 16:27 | |
| 340 | Louis Lepper | Software patents are the scorn of the earth. | 4 Sep 2012 16:33 | |
| 341 | Andrew Caudwell | 4 Sep 2012 16:34 | ||
| 342 | Nicholas Malcolm | The proposed amendment by Commerce Minister, Craig Foss, in the Supplementary Order Paper No 120, is flawed. This has been proved conclusively by cases in the European Union. This amendment should be thrown out, in favour of the replacement put forth on http://no.softwarepatents.org.nz/ | 4 Sep 2012 16:36 | |
| 343 | Sam Minnée | SilverStripe Limited | We agree wholeheartedly with the view that software patents damage the software industry rather than helping it grow, and therefore see the exclusion of software from patentable inventions as an important step in aiding the growth of a highly valuable industry in New Zealand. The issue raised is a legitimate one, the amendments suggested are an adequate concession to those who wish to patent inventions that include embedded software, and we urge the government to incorporate this suggestion into the final bill. | 4 Sep 2012 16:38 |
| 344 | Ross Williamson | Sole trader | Software patents are toxic to the ecosystem as has been repeatedly demonstrated overseas. If anything steps should be being taken to limit or eliminate software patents not introducing loopholes to allow them | 4 Sep 2012 16:39 |
| 345 | Nick Dowse | 4 Sep 2012 16:43 | ||
| 346 | Ronald Collinson | Computer Science Student | We fought the exclusion of sotware patents, which the goverment accepted a few years ago. We cant accept this back handed approach to introducing it. It will be massivly harmful to software develepers (both companys and 'indie') in NZ | 4 Sep 2012 16:43 |
| 347 | Gordon Findlay | Self | 4 Sep 2012 16:45 | |
| 348 | Keith Humm | 4 Sep 2012 16:45 | ||
| 349 | Lawrence Robin Williams | 4 Sep 2012 16:46 | ||
| 350 | Andrew Mitchell | 4 Sep 2012 16:47 | ||
| 351 | Peter Stringer | 4 Sep 2012 16:47 | ||
| 352 | Mike Thomas | 4 Sep 2012 16:50 | ||
| 353 | Shaun Craig Hendren-McMillan | Sole Trader | 4 Sep 2012 16:52 | |
| 354 | Murray Hugh McDonald Sutherland | sole trader | 4 Sep 2012 16:53 | |
| 355 | Daniel Bertinshaw | Versalife Industries | As someone who has a FOSS based software startup, software patents represent a threat to my chances to grow New Zealand's IT sector. | 4 Sep 2012 16:56 |
| 356 | Matthew Baeriswyl | ifix computers | 4 Sep 2012 16:58 | |
| 357 | Emlyn Revell-Nash | Provoke Solutions | 4 Sep 2012 17:03 | |
| 358 | Raghuram Vijapurapu | Think Believe Do | 4 Sep 2012 17:04 | |
| 359 | Donald Frederick Gray | Thorndon Consultants | Software patents stifle innovation. We don't need to import the mistakes made in the US into this country. | 4 Sep 2012 17:14 |
| 360 | Roger John Parkinson | Prometheus Consuting | 4 Sep 2012 17:16 |
