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Originally Posted by murraypaul
And in the US it was granted.
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Patent law regarding software is different in the US and Europe. In many cases Software is patentable in the US where as in Europe it is not.
Afaik in Europe software protection relies on copyright law, which imo is sufficient.
The software industry is continuing to grow and continue to innovate and research new ideas, there's no need for patents which are supposed to encourage innovation and invention when both are already happening at astounding rates.
In fact, if you ask many developers who's livelihoods are dependant on the protection of their software, they'll argue that patents would only stifle their business rather than protect them. That's certainly echo'd in my thoughts, my sole income is software related.