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Software patent of the month – August
Are software patents economically harmful or advantageous? For the voting in May we presented five "especially harmful" patents, as submitted by some of our readers. This month we do it the other way round and present five patents which were awarded prizes for "outstanding innovations". Thus we want to facilitate an objective view on the disadvantageousness or advantages of software patents.| Patent | Votes | Percentage |
| EP0719483 MP3 – Assessing similarities of music "by ear" | 1380 | 28.61% |
![[28.61%]](/images/bar/bar135.png){kind=small} |
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| EP0999674 "Busy" with voice over IP | 402 | 8.33% |
![[8.33%]](/images/bar/bar039.png){kind=small} |
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| EP1169848 Print-on-demand | 196 | 4.06% |
![[4.06%]](/images/bar/bar019.png){kind=small} |
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| DE10048113 Filtering content | 2593 | 53.75% |
![[53.75%]](/images/bar/bar255.png){kind=small} |
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| DE10112231 Configurable user interface | 253 | 5.24% |
![[5.24%]](/images/bar/bar024.png){kind=small} |
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Total votes: 4824
Please judge yourself whether the presented, award-winning software patents are deservedly granted protection rights for inventions, which would not have been made without the prospect of of 20 years of protection by patent. The patent to which, you think, least of all such a prospect applies, is the patent we ask you to select. Please vote for the software patent, you believe to be the most harmful.Friendly reminders about the following online-votings you can request here.
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