[Office-commits] r9932 - trunk/campaigns/patents

[sysadmin]

Author: www-data
Date: Thu Oct  1 17:36:55 2009
New Revision: 9932

Log:
web commit by ciaran: got the number: Patent Failure says there are currently 
200,000 swpats in the USA

Modified:
   trunk/campaigns/patents/bilski-supreme-court-brief.mdwn

Modified: trunk/campaigns/patents/bilski-supreme-court-brief.mdwn
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--- trunk/campaigns/patents/bilski-supreme-court-brief.mdwn     Thu Oct  1 
17:34:54 2009        (r9931)
+++ trunk/campaigns/patents/bilski-supreme-court-brief.mdwn     Thu Oct  1 
17:36:55 2009        (r9932)
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 
 ESP executive director Ciaran O'Riordan explained, "Every software
 patent is something you can't use your computer to do. In the US today
-that means there are 100,000 (GET REAL NUMBER - from Patent Failure or
-maybe Bessen & Hunt) things you're prohibited from doing with your
+that means there are 200,000 things you're prohibited from doing with your
 computer. Software patents have also proven to be an economic failure,
 and by hindering the progress of the useful arts, they've failed the
 consitutional mandate that created them. The Supreme Court has itself