Editing Software patent (section)

===New Zealand===
In [[New Zealand]] computer programs are excluded from patentability under the Patents Act 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2013/0068/latest/whole.html#DLM5516600|date=2020-08-07|access-date=2022-01-25|title=Patents Act 2013, section 11 'Computer programs'}}</ref> but guidelines permitting embedded software were added since the initial Patents Bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister+announces+way+forward+software+patents|title=Minister announces way forward for software patents|publisher=beehive.govt.nz|date=2010-07-15|access-date=2012-10-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920044258/http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister+announces+way+forward+software+patents|archive-date=2010-09-20}}<br/>{{cite news|title=New Zealand says no to software patents|date=16 July 2010|first=Sam|last=Varghese|newspaper=Government Tech Policy|url=http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/govenrment-tech-policy/40451-new-zealand-says-no-to-software-patents|access-date=7 November 2012|archive-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116134330/http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/govenrment-tech-policy/40451-new-zealand-says-no-to-software-patents|url-status=dead}}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpaglobal.com/newlegalreview/4617/south_pacific_cousins_part_way|title=South Pacific cousins part ways over patents|publisher=Cpaglobal.com|date=2010-07-28|access-date=2012-10-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826000324/http://www.cpaglobal.com/newlegalreview/4617/south_pacific_cousins_part_way|archive-date=2012-08-26}}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/50667-new-zealand-bans-software-patents|title=New Zealand bans software patents|publisher=TG Daily|date=2010-07-15|access-date=2012-10-09|archive-date=2012-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406172154/http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/50667-new-zealand-bans-software-patents|url-status=dead}}<br/>{{cite web|author=Fairfax Media Business Group|url=http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/nzict-says-patents-integral-to-software-protection|title=NZICT says patents 'integral' to software protection &#124; Computerworld New Zealand|publisher=Computerworld.co.nz|date=2010-04-15|access-date=2012-10-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115221652/http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/nzict-says-patents-integral-to-software-protection|archive-date=2013-01-15}}</ref> From 2013 computer programs 'as such' are excluded from patentability. The as such wording rules out only those software based patents where novelty lies solely in the software. Similar to Europe.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Zealand bans software patents|author=Rob O’Neill|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-zealand-bans-software-patents/|newspaper=ZDNet|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref>