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-A [Patent] that covers a software "invention". Granted in the US, but (currently)
not in the EU.
+A [Patent] that covers a software "invention". Granted in the US and the EU
, though they're
not actually currently legal
in the EU.
-Compare
: BusinessMethodPatent%%%
-See
: IntellectualProperty AddToMe
+*http
://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Patent
+*http
://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/Intellectual_Property/Patents/
-''I'm
not a lawyer and
wiki content does not constitute legal advice'' -- StuartYeates
+*The European council is pushing for unlimited patentability of software. See [FFII: Software Patents in Europe | http://swpat.ffii.org/]
+**The draft of the legislation has been ratified, but has not been formally accepted. It
's
not clear (to the author) whether or how this acceptance can be opposed.
+**http://
wiki.ael.be/index.php/FightingSWPatents
+**http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html?LANG=en
+
+
+AddToMe
+
+See also:
+* [Patent]
+* BusinessMethodPatent
+* IntellectualProperty
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