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Softwarepatents - A change of Law?
This paper examines whether the granting of patents to software is just the consequent application of traditional patent law to a modern form of inventions or constitutes a substantial change of the patent law which, in a democratic society, should only be done by a parliamentary act of legislation....
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| description | This paper examines whether the granting of patents to software is just the consequent application of traditional patent law to a modern form of inventions or constitutes a substantial change of the patent law which, in a democratic society, should only be done by a parliamentary act of legislation. The paper provides a discerning look at the genesis of software patents in the case laws of the United States of America and the European Union, paying attention to the technological facts of the cases and the legal reasoning. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4539 Softwarepatents - A change of Law? Rabenstein, Soeren This paper examines whether the granting of patents to software is just the consequent application of traditional patent law to a modern form of inventions or constitutes a substantial change of the patent law which, in a democratic society, should only be done by a parliamentary act of legislation. The paper provides a discerning look at the genesis of software patents in the case laws of the United States of America and the European Union, paying attention to the technological facts of the cases and the legal reasoning. 2014-07-30T18:08:49Z 2014-07-30T18:08:49Z 2014-07-30 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4539 en application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
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| title | Softwarepatents - A change of Law? |
| title_full | Softwarepatents - A change of Law? |
| title_fullStr | Softwarepatents - A change of Law? |
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| title_short | Softwarepatents - A change of Law? |
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