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Comment Software Patents. (Score 2) 221

by spell_caster on Tuesday October 19, 1999 @08:04AM (#1602026) Attached to: Basic Patent Law for Programmers

I thought patents could only be for "buildable" devices (i.e. hardware). What precedents started the ball rolling with software?

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