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Style in its Treatment of the Patentability of Computer Programs

QI HAVE developed a new method of product testing where the test results are analysed using a computer program. I understand it is impossible to obtain patents for software, so what can I do to protect my method?

This is a very inefficient use of the capability otherwise provided by the computer program to the company or to other potential users.

Also, computer programs are protected as literary works within the meaning of Article 2 of the Berne Convention and such protection applies to computer programs, whatever may be the mode or form of their expression (x).

It is estimated that [pounds sterling]500 million per annum is currently invested in the development of computer programs in Britain, and the rate of investment is increasing at about 30-40 per cent, per annum.

United States Copyright Law as Applied to Computer Programs.

* A teacher preoccupied with making the computer program work during the IEP meeting can create a barrier between the parent and staff.

They'd tweaked their computer program and loaded it into the robot.

The Marvelous Mouth exhibition is an original computer program that incorporates high-tech animation, visual effects and music to teach visitors the important facts of brushing, tooth development and anatomy, dangers of tobacco use and importantly, careers in dentistry.

Today, most computer programs are too large to run or store on a manageable number of floppy drives.

The instructors install computers in the toys using sensory modules; this helps them teach students how to write computer programs to train the robots to turn and walk The students then program the robots to go on computer-based missions to, say, save scientists stranded on an iceberg.

As for whether computer-implementable inventions have a technical character, the Commission believes that all computer programs are by definition technical, because a computer is a machine.

The definition of tangible personal property under the ORSTA includes computer programs. An exemption from tax is provided under ORSTA [section] 7(1) 62 for a "custom" computer program, which is defined as one that is "designed and developed to solely meet the specific requirements of, and that is intended for the exclusive use of, a particular person." ORST Guide #650--Computer Programs and Related Services, at 3 (February 2001).

Web services, by contrast, employ application-to-application interaction -- computer programs interacting with other computer programs, no humans involved.