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In '''Costa Rica''', the patent office grants [[software patents]].  This may be related to a "Free Trade" treaty signed (in 2009?) with the [[USA]].
 
In '''Costa Rica''', the patent office grants [[software patents]].  This may be related to a "Free Trade" treaty signed (in 2009?) with the [[USA]].
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==Legislation==
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Costa Rica prohibits patents on "programs for computers [[as such]]":<ref>http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/es/text.jsp?file_id=217604#LinkTarget_433</ref>
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2.- Para los efectos de esta ley no se considerarán invenciones:<br />
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a) Los descubrimientos, las teorías científicas, los métodos matemáticos y los programas de ordenador considerados aisladamente.
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This is thus similar to the situation in most [[Europe]]an countries.
  
 
==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
 
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* [[Discuss this wiki in Spanish]]
 
* [[Discuss this wiki in Spanish]]
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* [[as such]] - these words can make legislation meaningless
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* {{translate es|url=http://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/discusion/2009-May/001769.html|title=FSFLA discussion, May 2009}}
 
* {{translate es|url=http://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/discusion/2009-May/001769.html|title=FSFLA discussion, May 2009}}
 
* {{translate es|url=http://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/discusion/2009-May/001770.html|title=FSFLA discussion II, May 2009}}
 
* {{translate es|url=http://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/discusion/2009-May/001770.html|title=FSFLA discussion II, May 2009}}
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==References==
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Revision as of 04:45, 30 January 2012

In Costa Rica, the patent office grants software patents. This may be related to a "Free Trade" treaty signed (in 2009?) with the USA.

Legislation

Costa Rica prohibits patents on "programs for computers as such":[1]

2.- Para los efectos de esta ley no se considerarán invenciones:

a) Los descubrimientos, las teorías científicas, los métodos matemáticos y los programas de ordenador considerados aisladamente.

This is thus similar to the situation in most European countries.

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

References