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- From: Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr
- Subject: [Patents] Re: [Patents] Do software patents exisit in Europe?
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 09:51:19 +0100
very simple
the law forbids it
the EPO (european patent office) scorns the law
the same say they need to change the law in order to do legally
what they are already doing
the purpose is to strech the law further, since they have reach the
point where it would break.
... and no one cares to know what is really needed
'
Bernard Lang
On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 08:33:17AM -0000, Richard Morrey wrote:
>
> Reading information on the freepatents.org website I get the impression that
> Sofware Patents have yet to be authorised in europe.
>
> However UNISYS already claim to have european patent EP0800726 on their
> LZW compression algorithm used in GIF.
>
> Can anyone square this circle for me?
>
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