As computer technology has come to play a significant role in an increasingly global economy, companies in the United States and around the world have shown strong interest in protecting their own developments in computer technology. They have also...

This article relates to the patentability of software and computer programs, or in other words software patents, under United States patent law. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) did not grant a patent...

The US has too many complex laws concerning patents to intellectual property. International cooperation on development of new ideas is needed as technology becomes more complex. A uniform system for dealing with ownership of intellectual property which is simpler than US laws is needed....

While it is correct to say that UK patent law expressly excludes computer programs "as such" from patentability, computer programs are patentable if they make a technical contribution or, more precisely, when they produce a technical effect which is more than would necessarily...