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actionjackson on Sept 27, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Software patents should be abolished

Time limit already exists. The thing with software is that its associated technology will most likely expire long before its patent does.

vaksel on Sept 27, 2009 [–]

could always make software patents last only 2-3 years. That should be enough for the original company to get noticed

_csoo on Sept 27, 2009 | [–]

Do you think IBM, Microsoft, Apple and that whole bunch will let that happen?

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