abhijit_s_2000 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hi, I need help in solving the CR below: The current move to patent computer programs is a move in the wrong direction and should be stopped. The patent system was originally designed solely to protect small-time inventors from exploitation, not to give large corporations control over a methodology. Any computer program is merely the implementation of a methodology. Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? (A) Computer programs should be developed not only be large corporations but by small-time inventors as well. (B) Implementing a methodology always requires less creative effort than does true invention. © The issue of whether or not to patent computer programs presents the patent system with problems that have never before arisen. (D) Large corporations should not hold patents for implementations of methodologies. (E) Small-time inventors who support the move to patent computer programs act contrary to their own best interests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guchi Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 My choice is A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahcrap Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Why not B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monu123 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 i say D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjafferi Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Imo B. Premise : purpose of patent to support small investor not large coporations Premise : computer program is implementation of methadology Conclusion: patenting of computer program should be stopped Assumption : (atleast what i was looking for) - implementing mathdology poses a benefit to large corporations B fits the bill perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowORnever Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 i go for option D The patent system was originally designed not to give large corporations control over a methodology. so the missing assumption is D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otori Takeo Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I'll go for B They "assume" that the "implementation of a methodology" isn't generic innovation thus.. should not be protected by the patent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilano Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 The current move to patent computer programs is a move in the wrong direction and should be stopped. The patent system was originally designed solely to protect small-time inventors from exploitation, not to give large corporations control over a methodology. Any computer program is merely the implementation of a methodology. Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? (A) Computer programs should be developed not only be large corporations but by small-time inventors as well. How can "should be" be an assumption.. ("are developed" would have been correct) (B) Implementing a methodology always requires less creative effort than does true invention. Program is implementation of methodology.. so program patented means methodology patented © The issue of whether or not to patent computer programs presents the patent system with problems that have never before arisen. - irrelevant (D) Large corporations should not hold patents for implementations of methodologies. - again use of "should" means it is not an assumption (E) Small-time inventors who support the move to patent computer programs act contrary to their own best interests - irrelevant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morningstar Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I go with D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxapax Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 D for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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