Z:gnu-www-ja-software-patents--0a4f40-There was an Australian govern/en

There was an Australian government study of the patent system in the 1980's. It concluded that aside from international pressure, there was no reason to have a patent system. It did no good for the public and recommended abolishing it if not for international pressure. One of the things they cited was that engineers don't try reading patents to learn anything, as it is too hard to understand them. They quoted one engineer saying &ldquo;I can't recognize my own inventions in patenteese&rdquo;.