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Ekaros · 12-26-2011, 03:15 PM

Some sense should be put into software patents. I see the point for technologies like LTE and 3G, which really do take man-hours and money to develop, also they are ones you have to license outside.

On the other side is 1-click buying, double click and such, which realy doesn't make any sense, or should you be able to patent book and process of reading it?

So yes you should be able to patent such things as solution to P=NP problem and modulations, coding-schemes which are non obvious, but not a blinking light when you receive email...

12-26-2011, 03:15 PM	#62
Ekaros Illiterate newbie Posts: 661 Karma: 1702090 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Finland Device: Sony PRS-T1	Some sense should be put into software patents. I see the point for technologies like LTE and 3G, which really do take man-hours and money to develop, also they are ones you have to license outside. On the other side is 1-click buying, double click and such, which realy doesn't make any sense, or should you be able to patent book and process of reading it? So yes you should be able to patent such things as solution to P=NP problem and modulations, coding-schemes which are non obvious, but not a blinking light when you receive email... Last edited by Ekaros; 12-26-2011 at 03:21 PM. Reason: LTE and 4G are about same... Fixed typo.