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The economic impacts of computer-implemented inventions at the European Patent Office

by The Fraunhofer Institute – June 2015

26 June 2015

This study analyses how a change in the patent system towards abolishing patent protection for computer-implemented inventions would affect the international competitiveness of German and European firms.

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The economic impacts of computer-implemented inventions at the European Patent Office

26 June 2015

This study analyses how a change in the patent system towards abolishing patent protection for computer-implemented inventions would affect the international competitiveness of German and European firms.

To read more, please download the full article here.

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