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vasa1
August 30th, 2013, 05:37 AM
http://qz.com/119419/how-new-zealand-banned-software-patents-without-violating-international-law/

As a result, New Zealand’s new Patents Bill, passed today, guarantees that patents of pure software—that is, software uncoupled from some dedicated new piece of hardware—cannot be granted in New Zealand.