Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!jdickson From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Patent treaty update Message-ID: <1991Apr3.185516.12631@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 3 Apr 91 18:55:16 GMT References: <49676@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 3 I don't understand software patents. How do they differ from copyrights? If I hold several copyrights, can I obtain software patents?