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This seemingly unrelated topic is of interest because it shows:
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This page gathers two things.  First, legal wordings so we can see ''how'' other domains get cut free from the patent system.  Second, the reasoning of ''why'' legislators and courts got convinced that ''it's right'' for those domains to be excluded.  This should help our work to [[How to write a law banning software patents|writing a law banning software patents]], and more generally to [[Why abolish software patents|argue for abolition]].
* a reasoning, by the US government, of why certain [[subject matter]] is ''not'' patentable
 
* an interpretation of how the existing [[Legislation in the USA|legislation]] should be read to ''exclude'' certain subject matter
 
  
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==[[Germany|German]] Parliament excluding some plant variety patents==
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* [http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/information/news/german-parliament-prohibits-patents-plants-and-animals-conventional-breeding German Parliament prohibits patents on plants and animals from conventional breeding], 27 June 2013, '''no-patents-on-seeds.org'''
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==[[USA|US]] courts excluding some gene patents==
  
 
* [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/10/us-government-argues-in-court-that-isolated-genes-are-unpatentable.html US Government Argues in Court that Isolated Genes are Unpatentable], 30 Oct 2010, '''Patently-O'''
 
* [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/10/us-government-argues-in-court-that-isolated-genes-are-unpatentable.html US Government Argues in Court that Isolated Genes are Unpatentable], 30 Oct 2010, '''Patently-O'''
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** [http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/10/30/1140235 Slashdot discussion]
 
** [http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/10/30/1140235 Slashdot discussion]
 
* [http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2010/apr/06/gene-patenting-and-free-software-breaktrhough/ Gene Patenting and Free Software: A Breakthrough], 6 Apr 2010, '''[[SFLC]]'''
 
* [http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2010/apr/06/gene-patenting-and-free-software-breaktrhough/ Gene Patenting and Free Software: A Breakthrough], 6 Apr 2010, '''[[SFLC]]'''
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 1 September 2013

This page gathers two things. First, legal wordings so we can see how other domains get cut free from the patent system. Second, the reasoning of why legislators and courts got convinced that it's right for those domains to be excluded. This should help our work to writing a law banning software patents, and more generally to argue for abolition.

German Parliament excluding some plant variety patents

US courts excluding some gene patents

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