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Good observation. I went back and checked the list again, and see my own country (ZA) in amongst the listed patents - a country where software patents are expli
by mikro2nd 14y ago
Good observation. I went back and checked the list again, and see my own country (ZA) in amongst the listed patents - a country where software patents are explicitly /forbidden/ in law... something awfully smelly about this.
- fafner 14y agoThere are many EU countries there as well and the EU allows no software patents either. However there are many loopholes in the system which can still lead to patents being granted if the patent is formulated differently. That's why international patent lawyers earn so much money. They rewrite the patent to fit national law. The patent system is broken and has to be removed.