Pablo Chavez, Google's public policy director, says at an Aspen conference today, referring to patent wars: "They're not helpful to the marketplace. They're not helpful to innovation."
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ASPEN, Colo. -- Google suggested today that it might be time for the U.S. to ditch software patents.
"One thing that we are very seriously taking a look at is the question of software patents, and whether in fact the patent system as it currently exists is the right system to incent innovation and really promote consumer-friendly policies," said Pablo Chavez, Google's public policy director.
Chavez's remarks at the Technology Policy Institute's conference here this morning come as the Mountain View, Calif. company is enmeshed in a series of legal actions involving software patents, including Oracle (which Google won at trial) and Apple (which is still pending).
Software patents have become increasingly controversial in technology circles, in part because of the rise of what are derisively called "patent trolls," and in part because of the mixed quality of the patents t... [Read more]
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