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Conclusions, policy suggestions

Our main conclusion is that patents are too important to be left to lawyers and economists and that the only way to fully understand the ramifications of software patents on existing software engineering is to completely reinterpret the patenting system from a software engineering perspective. This will require extensive study and will also create competitive advantages for the EU.



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Paul Klint 2006-05-22