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IT Lightning Talks: session #4

6 February 2015
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone
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Session

Software patents - opinion panel

6 Feb 2015, 10:40
31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre (CERN)

31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

CERN

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Presentation materials

  1. 12. The fallacy of Software Patents
    Joaquim Manuel Pereira Rocha (CERN)
    06/02/2015, 10:40
    Software patents are usually used as argument for innovation but do they really promote innovation? Who really benefits from software patents? This talk attempts to show the problems with software patents and how they can actually harm innovation having little value for software users and our society in general.
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  2. 14. Software and patents: the law and its (ab)uses
    David Mazur (CERN)
    06/02/2015, 10:45
    Patents and software live on a tense footing: on the one hand, the law doesn't draw a clear line, and on the other hand, patents on computer-implemented inventions are frequently used in ways which hamper innovation. Are there any legitimate uses? How can abuses be addressed?
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  3. 13. Q&A
    David Mazur (CERN), Joaquim Manuel Pereira Rocha (CERN)
    06/02/2015, 10:50
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