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mk · 4790 days ago · link · · parent · post: White House.gov Petition: Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents
I was always under the impression that you cannot patent an algorithm. Is this true, and if so, how do software patents get around it?
I stated this elsewhere, but this is my solution: Every time ownership of a patent changes, the life of the patent is halved. Taking the currency mechanism out of patents would still protect the creators, but be a big improvement, IMHO.