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Bill: Patents Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Monarchist Alliance
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 3728
Description[?]:
| Without the availability of legal patents, there will not be sufficient economic incentive for people to be creative and research new concepts. Mathis Weiman Economic Affairs spokesman |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:41:26, September 11, 2014 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Patents Act |
| Message | Mr. speaker, from what patent office? A Terran one? A national one? Clothilde Dewitte LNC spokesman |
| Date | 21:07:13, September 11, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Patents Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Lodamun could establish its own patent office, which we foresee would follow general international protocols on copyright issues. Mathis Weiman Economic Affairs spokesman |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 524 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 75 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "There is no problem that cannot be solved with diplomacy or debate. Anyone who thinks otherwise does not need a gun, but a direct ride to a mental health clinic." - Ascentio Cartaginese, former Istalian politician |