Editing Software patent (section)

===South Africa===
In [[South African patent system#Patentable invention|South Africa]], "a program for a computer" is excluded from recognition as an invention by section 25(2) of the Patents Act.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.cipc.co.za/Patents_files/Patent_Act.pdf|title=Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as amended|date=26 April 1978|access-date=25 September 2011|archive-date=12 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212164224/http://www.cipc.co.za/Patents_files/Patent_Act.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, this restriction applies "only to the extent to which a patent or an application for a patent relates to that thing as such"<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.cipc.co.za/Patents_files/Patent_Act.pdf|title=Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as amended Section 25(3)|date=26 April 1978|access-date=25 September 2011|archive-date=12 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212164224/http://www.cipc.co.za/Patents_files/Patent_Act.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and should not prevent, for example, a product, process, or method which may be implemented on a computer from being an invention, provided that the requirements of novelty and inventiveness are met.