Software patent
Software patents and patents on computer-implemented inventions (CII) are a class of patents and one of many legal aspects of computing. There is intense debate as to what extent such patents should be granted, if any.
External links
- R Hunt. You can patent that? (PDF file) Overview of the legal history and trends.
- SourceLicense. January 2005. IBM Opens Their Patent Portfolio to Open Source
- Novell. Patent Policy. Retrieved January 11, 2005.
Economic studies
- An Empirical Look at software Patents (PDF) Bessen (MIT) & Hunt (Federal Reserve)
- The Software Patent Experiment (PDF) Bessen & Hunt 2004.
- Federal Trade Commission 2003 patent report (PDF file) Also FFII review of FTC report.
- FFII Annotated Bibliography
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Software patents vs copyright |
| ► | History |
| ► | Law |
| ► | Practical effects of software patents |
| ► | See also |
| ► | Notes |
| ► | External links |
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