'The Real Deal on Software Patents', iLaw Barristers & Solicitors, undated <http://www.ilaw.com.au/public/patentsarticle.html>

An overview of patents and their purported purpose, as well as requirements for obtaining a patent in Australia. It briefly discusses issues that arise from software patents, such as those for the open source community.

Christopher Wong and Jason Kreps, “Collaborative approach: Peer-to-Patent and the Open Source Movement” (2009) 1 International Free and Open Source Software Law Review 15. <http://www.ifosslr.org/ifosslr/article/view/9/6>

The implications of software patents for the open source community, and the Peer-to-Patent initiative which seeks to improve patent quality through collaborative efforts.  The article refers to a US Peer-to-Patent initiative, but an Australian equivalent was also established at <http://www.peertopatent.org.au/> to achieve the same purpose.

Roya Ghafel, Benjamin Gibert and Paul DiGiammarino, “How to Improve Patent Quality by Using Crowd Sourcing”, Innovation Management (online), 29 September 2011 <http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2011/09/29/how-to-improve-patent-quality-by-using-crowd-sourcing/>

The concept of 'crowdsourcing' and its use in patent application review to improve patent quality and to ensure that low quality patents are not approved.