Is software patentable in Australia?
The short answer is that the Australian Patents Office will grant patents for software that has a technical purpose which is connected with hardware, but not for pure software for a purely business purpose (that is, an app). This is because business schemes are not patentable per se. The long answer is as follows: NRDC v Commissioner of Patents The threshold test for an invention to be patentable was explained by the High Court in National Research Development Corporation v