01 October 2004

Software patents -interesting development

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I've only just started to be aware of this issue: that US law now enable software to be patented and there are proposal that the EU does the same. There's a stiff opposition in Europe and this article from the US seems to expose some of the issues: that things that are already in the public domain might be patentable [like patenting fire or the wheel]. Or at least I think that's the issue ...

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