Patent Law for Computer Scientists Steps to Protect Computer-Implemented Inventions /

• Main Authors: Closa, Daniel (Author), Gardiner, Alex (Author), Giemsa, Falk (Author), Machek, Jörg (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers and civilization.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Commercial law.; Law and economics.; Computer Science.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; Commercial Law.; Law and Economics.; Computers and Society.

Patent laws are different in many countries, and inventors are sometimes at a loss to understand which basic requirements should be satisfied if an invention is to be granted a patent. This is particularly true for inventions implemented on a computer. While roughly a third of all applications (and...