The Random Musings of Maulkin

Mon, 26 Feb 2007

UK Government reconfirms commitment to "no software patents"

A while ago I signed up to a petition against software patents on the Prime Minister's e-petitions website.

I received a email today, with the Government's reponse:
The Government remains committed to its policy that no patents should exist for inventions which make advances lying solely in the field of software. Although certain jurisdictions, such as the US, allow more liberal patenting of software-based inventions, these patents cannot be enforced in the UK. [snip]

This was certainly a welcome surprise.

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