Z:gnu-www-ja-limit-patent-effect--b0c388-The patents that threaten us a/en

The patents that threaten us are often called &ldquo;software patents&rdquo;, but that term is misleading. Such patents are not about any specific program. Rather, each patent describes some practical idea, and says that anyone carrying out the idea can be sued. So it is clearer to call them &ldquo;computational idea patents&rdquo;.