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> JJJ wrote

> This is far too theoretical. The national courts are NOT bound by the EPO
> case law - they may very well interpret the "as such" exclusion differently,
> to the extent that they may invalidate a software patent granted by the EPO.
> This has been the case in the UK, where the Courts are hostile to software
> patents.

I don't agree with your comment., The national courts have to apply the EPC :
see art. 138 : Grounds for revocation :

(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 139, a European patent may only be
revoked under the law of a Contracting State, with effect for its territory, 
on
the following grounds:
(a) if the subject-matter of the European patent is not patentable within the
terms of Articles 52 to 57 [of EPC];
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Best regards

Pierre BREESE
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JJJ wrote
This is far too theoretical. The national courts are NOT bound by the EPO case law - they may very well interpret the "as such" exclusion differently, to the extent that they may invalidate a software patent granted by the EPO. This has been the case in the UK, where the Courts are hostile to software patents.
I don't agree with your comment., The national courts have to apply the EPC : see art. 138 : Grounds for revocation :

(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 139, a European patent may only be revoked under the law of a Contracting State, with effect for its territory, on the following grounds:
(a) if the subject-matter of the European patent is not patentable within the terms of Articles 52 to 57 [of EPC];
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Best regards

Pierre BREESE
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BREESE MAJEROWICZ Conseil en Propriete Industrielle
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  Tel. 33 (0)1 47036777  Fax 33 (0)147036778
    <http://www.breese.fr>   Mel. pb@breese.fr
 
 

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