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- From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
- Subject: [Patents] Who, how and when?
- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 06:49:10 +0200 (CEST)
> Where can I learn who, how and when will be deciding on
> "patentibility" of "software" in Europe?
Very good questions.
You should be able to get the answers on
http://www.freepatents.org
http://swpat.ffii.org
http://no-patents.prosa.it
etc. But I'm afraid there is no dedicated webpage which makes these
things very clear.
As far as I know:
* EU-Directive "before summer", probably beginning of July
* later discussion in European council, pass through European parlament
may take somewhere from 3 months to 10 years
* November: change of European Patent Convention by intergovernmental
conference
We're trying to find out more details by phoning to politicians these
days. We must know focus the lobbying efforts correctly.
-phm
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