From marmalade@x-stream.co.uk Sat, 27 May 2000 22:33:13 +0100
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 22:33:13 +0100
From: Nick Fleming marmalade@x-stream.co.uk
Subject: [Patents] (no subject)
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This (last weeks?) Computer weekly (English) has the
following article (extracted from printed version I think).

'Firm Plans To Patent Internet Innovations'

http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/cwarchive/news/20000525/cwcontainer.asp?n=
ame=3DC16.html

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"Having followed the US lead in making software patentable, it is only a =
matter of time before the European patenting authorities start giving =
the nod to more broadly defined "Internet business methods", legal =
experts say. "

"Mark Sanderson, of law firm Masons, said patenting of business methods =
would inevitably come to the UK because the US "sets the pace" in =
intellectual property practices. "


Nick F.


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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>'Firm Plans To Patent Internet =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>&quot;Having followed the US lead in making software =

patentable, it is only a matter of time before the European patenting=20
authorities start giving the nod to more broadly defined &quot;Internet =
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methods&quot;, legal experts say. &quot;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D2>&quot;Mark Sanderson, of law firm Masons, =
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