From phm@a2e.de  Mon Sep 11 20:48:56 2000
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:48:56 +0200 (CEST)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] Race To The Registry

> What countries follow the "race to the registry?" i.e. the first to file
> gets patent protection regardless of whether he is the true
> owner/developer of the technology.  Regards. hgn

all except the USA.

The American thinking is noble, but it creates a lot of trouble in
practise.

Just as does the practise of a grace period, which the European patent
lobby wants to reintroduce in Europe.

But, before engaging in any deeper discussion about first-to-invent vs
first-to-register, please point out how this affects the issue of software
patents, which is the topic of this mailing list.

-phm 
  





