| inbluevt | Date: Monday, 2013/09/02, 2:33 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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It is a major piece of legislation and could change the way we know software. It is a move that is expected to improve the system and drive further innovation. The New Zealand parliament on Thursday passed legislation that bans software patents. The motion was passed by a 117 to four vote
and followed five long years of parliamentary debate. However, the legislation will only affect new patent applications. It means that existing software patents in New Zealand will continue to remain in
force.
Passing the bill, the country's parliament specified that a computer program "is not an invention", and therefore software is not eligible to be patented under the Act.
The legislation further states that a patent claim "relates to a computer program as such if the actual contribution of the alleged invention lies solely in it being a computer program".
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