The patentability of software : software as mathematics /

This book explores the question of whether software should be patented. It analyses the ways in which the courts of the US, the EU, and Australia have attempted to deal with the problems surrounding the patentability of software and describes why it is that the software patent issue should be dealt...

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Main Author: Hughes, Anton, (Lawyer) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Routledge research in intellectual property
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ISBN:9781315283197
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The nature of software; 2 Why software patents are a problem; 3 The nature of mathematics; 4 Why mathematics is not patentable; 5 Why programming is not among the useful arts; 6 Implications; Conclusion; Index