4 ms·
While we are patenting every line of every software program ever written, we should also patent colors, smells, tastes, sounds, sensations, thoughts, individual
by maeon3 15y ago
While we are patenting every line of every software program ever written, we should also patent colors, smells, tastes, sounds, sensations, thoughts, individual words, photographs, individual syllables, and visual/body language gestures.
How come lines of code fall under the category of 'invention', But English sayings, phrases and quotes do not?
- justinsb 15y ago"English sayings, phrases and quotes" would come under copyright law instead of patent law, but can still enjoy IP protection.
- clark-kent 15y agoThis is interesting because software is a composition in a computer language. So the OP has an interesting point there. Code and algorithms shouldn't be awarded patents just like you can't patent a musical composition.
- capnrefsmmat 15y agoSoftware itself isn't patentable -- software licenses work on the basis of the copyright on the source code, not a patent. Software patents generally describe algorithms rather than their specific implementations, just like ordinary patents describe a method of solving a problem.