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If the whole computer is included in the patent then doesn't that limit the applicability of such a patent somewhat?
by bobajeff 11y ago
If the whole computer is included in the patent then doesn't that limit the applicability of such a patent somewhat?
- kazinator 11y agoExactly; defendants in an infringement suit can easily come up with the argument that all they did was write software for a programmable, general-purpose computer, and therefore their work can only violate a software patent, and no such thing can be valid in the land.