[105822] in Cypherpunks
Re: Question about general patents
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Murray)
Sun Nov 22 17:15:07 1998
From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
To: vortexia@doxx.net
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 09:28:22 -0800 (PST)
Cc: cypherpunks@Algebra.Com
In-Reply-To: <003401be161a$2b4a4140$c9e431ce@vort.nis.za> from "Vortexia" at Nov 22, 98 03:15:16 pm
Reply-To: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
Vortexia writes:
>
> I was wondering... what is the current law in the United States about
> patenting of software programs, and does anyone know where I can find out if
> there are any standard international laws about the patenting of software.
You can't patent a computer program under US patent law either.
You can patent an algorithim or a method however.
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Eric Murray N*Able Technologies www.nabletech.com
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