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President Obama Responds to Petition on Software Patents Two Years Late

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Summary: Signers of a petition against software patents finally receive a promising response from the White House (amidst other interesting developments such as government-funded research becoming Open Access)

So-called 'IP' sites do not like Obama's promise to reform the patent system after public pressure. Here is a transcript of what he said. "Apparently I am on a mailing list from one of the petitions," wrote one of our readers. "Below is the message they sent out."



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: A Bit About Software Patents
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:27:19 -0600
From: The White House [info@messages.whitehouse.gov]
Reply-To: info@messages.whitehouse.gov
To: xxxxx



The White House

A Bit About Software Patents

Last week President Obama answered questions during an online video chat, and he spoke a little about an issue you've expressed interest in [ https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/promoting-innovation-and-competitive-markets-through-quality-patents?utm_source=wethepeople&utm_medium=response&utm_campaign=patents ] through We the People.

*Here's what he had to say about software patents: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4Zo0XyNsw ]*

Watch President Obama speak about software patents [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4Zo0XyNsw ]

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The notable thing here is that over a year later President Obama did respond -- at the very least with lip service -- to petition signers (of 2011). Credit is deserved for that, but we shall see if real action gets taken.

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