Patent Related Data Bases. This site contains many links to a variety of materials concerned with software patents. The League for Programming Freedom argue forcibly against patentability, but see also the comments of Silicon Graphics, IBM, Intel and others in defence of the system. Their site contains materials concerning intellectual property protection, technology licensing, digital publishing, multimedia copyright, software distribution, exporting, and licensing. The League for Programming Freedom .
Software patents threaten to devastate America's computer industry.
Patent Law Basics . Patent Law Sources . Information on Patent Law for Non-Lawyers . Patentable Subject Matter . The University of Michigan Engineering Library .