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Costa Rica

Revision as of 04:43, 30 January 2012 by Ciaran (talk | contribs) (==Legislation== 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> <blockquote> 2.- Para los efecto)

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.

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