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ar
  • براءة اختراع برمجيات
az
  • proqram təminatı patenti
bg
ca
  • patent de programari
cs
da
  • software-patent
de
  • Softwarepatent
el
en
  • software patent
es
  • patente de software
fi
  • ohjelmistopatentti
fr
  • brevet de logiciel
gl
  • patente de software
hu
  • szoftverszabadalom
it
  • brevetto software
ja
  • ソフトウェア特許
ko
  • 소프트웨어 특허
nl
  • softwarepatent
pl
pt
  • patente de software
ro
  • patent de software
ru
  • патент на программное обеспечение
sk
sl
  • patent za programsko opremo
sr
  • patentirani softver
sr-cyrl
  • патентирани софтвер
sv
  • mjukvarupatent
tr
  • yazılım patenti
uk
  • патент на програмне забезпечення
zh
  • 软件著作权
gr
  • ευρεσιτεχνία λογισμικού

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ca
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fi
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  • brevet logiciel
gl
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ko
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  • octrooi op software
pl
pt
ro
ru
sk
sl
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  • softverski patent
sr-cyrl
  • софтверски патент
sv
tr
uk
zh
  • 软件专利
gr

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In order to obtain a patent, a software invention must not fall under other non-patentable subject matter (for example, abstract ideas or mathematical theories) and has to fulfill the other substantive patentability criteria (for example, novelty, inventive step [non-obviousness] and industrial applicability [usefulness]). [Source: https://www.wipo.int/patents/en/faq_patents.html]

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en

initial version

dct:creator
Ilkay Holt
dct:created
2021-03-12T17:31:15+00:00
en

Translations were added.

dct:creator
Ilkay Holt
dct:modified
2021-05-17T07:04:18+00:00
en

Catalan and Slovenian translations were added.

dct:creator
Ilkay Holt
dct:modified
2021-06-01T21:38:11+00:00
en
dct:creator
Ilkay Holt
dct:modified
2021-07-08T08:29:37+00:00
en

Finnish translation was added.

dct:creator
Ilkay Holt
dct:modified
2021-08-17T18:40:56+00:00
en

Serbian translation was added.

dct:creator
Milica Sevkusic
dct:modified
2022-04-09T20:38:23+00:00
en

Translations added for Arabic, Danish, Galician, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish. Broader Matches added.

dct:creator
Ellen Ramsey
dct:modified
2024-11-28T17:33:33+00:00
en

Translation added for Ukrainian.

dct:creator
Ellen Ramsey
dct:modified
2024-11-30T03:19:00+00:00
en

Added Azerbaijani

dct:creator
Tamy Nakano
dct:modified
2025-07-16T22:02:17+00:00

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