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| Oracle Corporation opposes the patentability of software. The
Company | believes that existing copyright law and available
trade secret | protections, as opposed to patent law, are better
suited to protecting | computer software developments. | |
[…]
| | Compared to adequate copyright and trade secret protections,
patent | protection is excessively broad and enormously
expensive. | | CHANGING THE PATENT SYSTEM
| | Oracle has recommended that patent protection not be
provided for | computer software or computer software
algorithms, for the reasons | described above. `----