The State of Software Patents in the US, Resistance in Europe

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-02-11 00:02:23 UTC
Modified: 2008-02-11 00:02:23 UTC

Wikimedia Commons has the following image in the public domain. It nicely illustrates the increasing complexity of software development, at least in the United States.

Software patent on rise

Regarding protests against software patents in Europe, Zoobab has added a video to YouTube. It is one which we did not include in the previous batch, so here it is. ⬆

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