The EU software patent could be the long awaited resolve to an extensive debate around software. The resolution should … be based on the understanding of the copyright and patent basics, the legal conflict between territoriality and the … internet, the experience of the existing US software patent, and the identification of the interested parties.In 2013 EU …

patent quality, and other factors, we find that a 10% increase in the number of patents relevant to market reduces the rate …s. However, potential entrants with patent applications relevant to a market are more likely to enter it. Finally …

patent quality, and other factors, we find that a 10% increase in the number of patents relevant to market reduces the rate …s. However, potential entrants with patent applications relevant to a market are more likely to enter it. Finally …

This paper focuses on the protection of software and e-commerce business methods from patent perspective. In particular … and with the aim of comparison, the paper examines national approaches for software and e-commerce business methods patent … under the South African Patent Act, the UK Patent Act, the US Patent Act and the European Patent Convention …

software firms still do not patent, most software patents are obtained by a few large firms in the software industry or in …

the software patent obscurity problem may lie in the disused “marking requirement.” In theory, patent owners have a duty … meaningful way, and their scope is hard to predict. Because the economic principles supporting the American patent system depend … to label their products with the relevant patent numbers. The duty to mark is justified by patent owners being best …