Choose a side and argue either for or against software patents. To receive credit, you must provide at least one good reference to back up your views or base your views on established law as you know it

Trade Secrets and Software Patents

Some groups and individuals claim that software patents are never valid in part because the functionality of a piece of software is predetermined by the capabilities of the underlying hardware.

For this reason, all software should fail on the novelty test. Do some reading and research into the issues. Choose a side and argue either for or against software patents. To receive credit, you must provide at least one good reference to back up your views or base your views on established law as you know it.

Are Software Patents Evil? http://www.paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html

End Software Patents – http://endsoftpatents.org/