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Patents provide intellectual property protection for algorithms and business processes. Many questions about patents are beyond the ability of a programmer to properly answer and are off-topic for the site. AskPatents.SE should be considered after reviewing their site guidelines.

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How much attention should be paid to patents when developing software?

Let's say I want to develop an image editing program similar to Photoshop. Is it likely that certain interface patterns and approaches are patented and I can get sued if I use them in my program as we …
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