Gli aspetti giuridici della tutela brevettuale del software.

Aim of the following article is to provide a detailed description of the present European scene on the subject of patentability of computer-implemented invention.Some well-known questions on advantages and disadvantages of patent and copyright protection systems are highlighted along all the work,while a specific attention is firstly paid to the study of the rejected European Commission proposal of directive on the subject-matter and to the behaviour and decisions of the European Patent Office,and then to the arguments pointed out by supporters and detractors of software patentability.