German Court Effectively Opens The Floodgates By Saying Software Patents Are Legal

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a German court has effectively allowed a wide range of software patents. Previously, you could have very limited software patents only if they involved using "controllable forces of nature" to create a desired effect. Software usually did not qualify.

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