The software patent debate is the argument about the extent to which, as a matter of public policy, it should be possible to patent software and computer-implemented...

A software patent is a patent on a piece of software, such as a computer program, libraries, user interface, or algorithm. A patent is a set of exclusionary...

Opposition to software patents is widespread in the free software community. In response, various mechanisms have been tried to defuse the perceived problem...

of software patents, which contains notable patents and patent applications involving computer programs (also known as a software patent). Software patents...

The patentability of software, computer programs and computer-implemented inventions under the European Patent Convention (EPC) is the extent to which...

Neither software nor computer programs are explicitly mentioned in statutory United States patent law. Patent law has changed to address new technologies...

referenced in the political debate on the international legal framework for the patentability of software, and on whether software and computer-implemented...

granting of patents involving software (often referred to as "software patents") is controversial and also hotly debated (see Software patent debate). Although...

Parliament rejects law on software patents (Update1) (6 July 2005), Bloomberg.com. Guadamuz-Gonzalez, Andrés, The Software Patent Debate 1(3) Journal of Intellectual...

understand the origin of the much debated Article 52(2) and (3) EPC (see Software patents under the European Patent Convention (EPC) and Article 52 EPC)...