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The Gowers Review of Intellectual Property has just been released (Dec 2006). I've uploaded the pdf below.
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Software patents will cause irreparable harm to indigenous software industries in developing nations. Established multinational software companies can register their extensive (although controversial) “software patent” portfolios in these jurisdictions and effectively destroy any competition from local software products and most forms of online e-commerce websites.
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Microsoft is submitting applications to patent offices in a global effort to patent its XML format for storing word processing files.
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CIPRO is South Africa's patent office - or Companies and Intellectual Properties Regsitration Office. In South Africa patents are granted without any examination by the authorities - according to CIPRO it is the responsibility of IP attorneys to verify the patentability of the invention.
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