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- From: Jean-Paul Smets jp@smets.com
- Subject: [Patents] Re: [Patents] Re: Just trying to clear-up some possible miscomprehensions
- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 14:20:44 +0200
simeon williamson wrote:
> The source code can infringe a patent just as well as the binary.
My understanding of article 52.2 is that the source code or the binary
code as such can not be considered as invention.
The recent IBM case, from what I know, resulted in admitting that a
"software product" (ie. the material software pacakge with floppy, CD,
etc.) can be considered as an invention.
Therefore, a program as such may not infringe on anything. Only the use
of the program in a computer may lead to an infringement.
How can this be wrong ?
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