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    Patent Absurdity

    Patent Absurdity

    "How software patents broke the system"

    2010

    1:30:16

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    Patent Absurdity

    Genre

    Documentary

    Plot

    Patent Absurdity explores the case of software patents and the history of judicial activism that led to their rise, and the harm being done to software developers and the wider economy. The film is based on a series of interviews conducted during the Supreme Court's review of in re Bilski — a case that could have profound implications for the patenting of software.

    Director

    Luca Lucarini

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