Software today is all-pervasive. No matter what industry you are in, or what products or services you buy and sell, a high proportion of contracts will have some sort of clause related to embedded or related software. And of course, along with that software come a range of contract clauses relating to IP ownership, rights of use and associated indemnities. Many products or services today are of no practical use without the associated software, which has made this a highly contentious field, especially since the legislation on which software patents are based is mostly around 6o years old.
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