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Do American software patents have power over European software?
I’m wondering the following, Do American software patents have power over European software?
In the country where I live there are NO software patents.
I’ll provide you with a few hypothetical situations:
a. I create a website I host it in my country and that website (UNKNOWINGLY) infringes an American Software patent, could the American Patent Holder do anything about it?
b. I create software and sell it online and it also unknowingly infringes an american software patent, I developed it in my country but I sell it internationally all over the World, my company is also only located in my country, Could the american patent holder do anything about it?
I’m absolutely afraid to even create the idea’s I have in mind, I can’t spend money nor time on allot of research regarding every software patent in America and I don’t want to infringe a patent but truth be told some of those software patents are absolutely to generic I feel it’s like a minefield.
I am not too lazy to research this for myself, I will look into this further any advice on information sources is welcome too.
Kind Regards,
Automicss
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- ron_mexicoLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Patents are generally only enforceable in the country where the patent is issued. With certain exceptions, US patents only cover infringement activity that occurs in the US.
A US patent holder can stop third parties from making, using, selling, or offering for sale the patented product in the US. The patent holder can also stop a third party from importing the patented product into the US.
You're probably in the clear for hypothetical (a). However, you may run into problems with hypothetical (b) if you are importing a product that reads on enforceable patent claims.
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