At a recent judicial conference, a federal judge from the Northern District of California - a district court known for its patent expertise - lamented the "fact" that software is no longer patentable. This contrasts with sentiments regularly expressed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization that celebrates the squashing of software patents. Other commentators have passionately argued that patents should never be granted for "pure software." Indeed, Forbes reported in 2013 that the New Zealand government formally banned patents on software, a decision welcomed by Orion Health, New Zealand's largest software exporter.
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