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[Fsfe-uk] European Software Patents "Bilski"
From: |
Rob Myers |
Subject: |
[Fsfe-uk] European Software Patents "Bilski" |
Date: |
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:35:03 +0000 |
("Bilski" being a recent US legal case that may have reduced the scope
of software patents.)
"# European Bilski: The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO is looking
for third-party input on four issues:
1. Is it only proper to exclude patents covering computer programs
as such when explicitly claimed as a "computer program"?
2. Does a claim avoid the computer program as such exclusion by
mentioning a computer or data storage medium? (If not, what technical
effect is needed?)
3. Can a technical effect be non-physical? Is it sufficient if the
physical entity is an unspecified computer?
4. Does the activity of programming a computer necessarily involve
technical considerations?
# Input on the European questions are due by the end of April.
http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2009/20090219.html."
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/03/patently-o-bits-and-bytes-1.html
(via Groklaw)
- [Fsfe-uk] European Software Patents "Bilski",
Rob Myers <=