| If it is found to be patentable, the owner of the design patent is granted a 14-year right of exclusivity that is presumptively valid in court. |
| It also makes it clear that the computer implementation of a business method simpliciter is not a patentable invention. |
| Debates over what is patentable typically revolve around questions of isolable genes and gene sequences. |
| The government has rewritten the legalese covering patents to ensure that, in no circumstances, can software ever be considered patentable. |
| Computer software should be inherently patentable in any medium in which it can be commercialised. |
| If basic scientific findings were patentable, the tracing problem would be particularly acute. |
