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Behold, evil comes to virtual worlds
Robert Bloomfield at Terra Nova recently reported about several software-patents filed in the US in the general field of MMOs and virtual economies.
In my humble opinion software-patents are something evil; they get in the way of great, universally valid interfaces and cut down on healthy competition. Now, Robert Bloomfield at Terra Nova recently reported about several software-patents filed in the US in the general field of MMOs and virtual economies, sigh…
Both commenters and Samuel Weis of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) critically note that patents will not be issued in the case of prior art, but I am not so optimistic; during the past two years, especially both the Friendster- and Jaipuria-patents in the field of socnets demonstrated that very dominant patents will be issued all the same, blatantly in the face of prior art which already existed years ago. Let’s see how things are going to work out, keep fingers crossed…
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