[Software patents] The good, the bad, and the messy

  • Authors:
  • Matt E. Thatcher;David E. Pingry

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas;University of Arizona in Tucson

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The goal of improving patent quality remains elusive both from an economic and process perspective.