ssteo:Certainly a bad idea if FTA wants to enforce Software Patents. 1000% objection!!   Add-ons: I used to think patent is a good way to protect IP, but now I think it really kills creativity, innovation, entrepreneuship, freedom and economy. Enforcing it will slow down the technology improvement rate and repeat the "focus on ...

ssteo:In short, it's going to restrict us from implementing any software that derives some idea from existing design concepts?   SSTeo, is that a question, or is that your statement? Derek, thanks for your concise input (as usual).   Any other developer here thinks that Software Patents will be beneficial to Malaysian ...