Patents

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Software Engineering (Ethics) Mind Map on Patents, created by Christina on 17/05/2013.
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Patents
  1. Gives inventor a monopoly on an invention for 2 years
    1. Invention
      1. new
        1. inventive (and non-obvious)
          1. capable of industrial application
        2. Rights = inventor or inventor's employer
          1. NOT AUTOMATIC
            1. Substantial Fee
            2. Can not be patented in EU or UK
              1. Presentation of Information, e.g. database
                1. Software, unless its a component of a system which = patentable invention
                2. Difference between Copyright and Patents
                  1. C protects a form in which ideas are expressed, not the ideas themselves
                    1. P protects ideas (as embodied in a specification of an invention)
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