Software-Related Patents:
Saudi Arabia
copyright 1996 Donald M. Cameron , Aird & Berlis
Contents
Statutes
Article 4 of the Saudi Arabian Patent Law provides that an invention is patentable if
it is new or involves an inventive step and is capable of industrial application as a
means of offering a practical solution for a defined technological problem. Discoveries,
scientific theories and mathematical methods are not patentable.
Regulations
There are no regulations that deal specifically with the patentability of software.
Case Law
There is no case law that deals specifically with the patentability of software.
Endnotes
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