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Software patents are sadly legal in USA but the system is failing. It is not possible to scan existing patents and determine if they affect a new piece of software without being skilled in the interpretation of patents. Software patents will stifle innovation and become the barriers to market entry wielded by large corporations. Open source software projects encourage cooperation and innovation. The European Patent Office is outside the control of the EU. Large corporations will stifle innovation unless action is taken now. I understand that Parliament and Brussels have voted against software patents but the EPO could frustrate this wish.

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John Raymond Dore, the Petition Creator, joined by:

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• jjacquir@aol.com
• Peter Burton
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