Dear Mr Wilson

Please find attached an acknowledgement regarding your recent Official Information Act request.

Kind regards

Karen Hunn
Ministerial Services
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Dear Mr Wilson

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information Act.

A response to your request is attached to this email message.

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Warren Hassett
Senior Advisor
Business Law

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From: Jamie [mailto:[OIA #3024 email]]
Sent: Friday, 7 August 2015 5:58 a.m.
To: *OIA
Subject: Official Information Act request - Cost analysis of Patents Bill 2013

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

During the research, writing, select committee, submission or debating stages of the Patents Bill 2013; was there any research or theoretical modelling done to evaluate the financial impact of banning software patents?

If so, can you please provide that research and/or modelling?

If not, how did the department come to the conclusion that "patent trolls" would affect innovation in the IT sector.

Yours faithfully,
Jamie Wilson

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