Software Patents Around the World

This page is divided into an index of other indexes and some countries whose experience with software patents we have no much information about.

Indexes

 * Bilski Case (United States)
 * Software Patents in India
 * Software Patents in Europe
 * Software Patents in South Africa

Mexico

 * Software Patents Officially Banned in Mexico (IMPI), But Like in EPO They Get Granted Anyway
 * Patents Roundup: Software Patents and ACTA at STOA, Gates-backed Monsanto Wants to Own Mexico’s Food Supply
 * Patents Roundup: Threat of Software Patents in Mexico, Sweden; Microsoft Still Fights with (and for) Software Patents

Australia

 * Patents Roundup: Peer-To-Patent Australia, Microsoft and ACTA
 * Software Patents Are Killing ZFS
 * Patents Roundup: Microsoft, CSIRO, Patent Hawk, and “Corrupt, Malicious” EPO
 * Microsoft’s Software Patents Bill, Mozilla Brain-Picking, More Patents in Standards
 * Nokia Lets Its Inner Patent Monster Go Loose (see CSIRO part)
 * Australia Might be Next to Block Software Patents If Commission’s Advice is Followed
 * Australian Recommendation Against Software Patents is Still in the News
 * Australia Kills Software Patent, Shelston IP and Other Patent Lawyers Up in Arms
 * Australian Productivity Commission’s Research Calls for Ban on Software Patents, Davies Collison Cave Calls for Complaints Against This Finding
 * Patent Lobbying by Patent Law Firms Down Under
 * Australia is Banning Software Patents and Shelston IP is Complaining as Usual
 * The Australian Productivity Commission Shows the Correct Approach to Setting Patent Laws and Scope
 * Shelston IP Keeps Pressuring IP Australia to Allow Software Patents and Harm Software Development

Malaysia

 * Another Global Effort to End Software Patents Once and For All

Israel

 * Patents Roundup: Nokia and Apple Cross Swords, British Patent System Becomes Form of Tax, Israel Besieged by Software Patents