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You can't patent software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent

You might be able to in some places but in Europe they will laugh at you if you try and get your software patented.

This has been the situation for a long time, so things like the Amazon 1 click patent are freak occurrences rather than the norm.




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