Keep in touch with past and present debates and deliberations on the subject, and the direction the future holds, with information you'll find in:

1. “Software Patent”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent

2. “Software Patent Debate”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate

3. “ We've Got Algorithm--Software Patents Boom”, http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Aug/1/130894.html

4. “ IPR: Time to own it!” http://www.nasscom.org/artdisplay.asp?Art_id=2225

5. “ How Could Software Patent Law Impact Electronic Commerce?” http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/fallsem98/final_papers/Lee.html

6. “Patently Absurd”, http://www.around.com/patent.html

7. “ Introduction to Software Patents”, http://www.apic.jiii.or.jp/p_f/text/text/2-05.pdf

8. “ Software as Text and Machine: The Legal Capture of Digital Innovation”, http://www.cippm.org.uk/pdfs/JILT%20kretschmer%2011_03.pdf