International Legal Links
Scots Law
Legislation from the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow University Virtual Law School
Strathclyde University Law School
Scottish Public Administration Bodies
HM Treasury and Budget 1999 Speech
British Official Publications Current Awareness Service
US Patent and Trademark Office
Building Confidence in Electronic Commerce Consultation Document
Conference on the Patentability of Software - UKPO
Articles from EPO on the patentability of Software Related Inventions
European Patent Convention, 1973
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Court of Appeal Civil Division
Court of Appeal Criminal Division House of Lords JudgmentsSmith Bernal Case Reporting Service
High Court and Court of Appeal Cases
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The Law Society of England and Wales
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Cases
Supreme Court Decisions at Cornell
Gottschalk v Benson 1972 - Patents
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US Patent and Trademark Office
League for Programming Freedom (Strongly opposed to Software Patents)
Journals and Articles
Public Hearings on Software Patents in 1994
USPTO Examination Guidelines for Software Related Inventions
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The Rest of the World
If you reside in a foreign jurisdiction, I apologise for the latter state of this site but it will be updated shortly.