From phm@a2e.de  Tue May  8 19:53:42 2001
From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:53:42 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Patents] consultation questions
In-Reply-To: <20010508173443.A26625@jl1.quim.ucm.es>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105082050520.20184-100000@mulix.oas.a2e.de>

> > Amid, the prime Minister Lionel JOSPIN recently wrote that "patent has to be
> > granted only for patentable inventions" ! Of course, such a consensual
> > affirmation will satisfy everyone, but will not help the legibility and
> > clarification of French official stance...
>
> Here Jospen is probably talking about trivial patents that should not
> be granted, but nevertheless are granted (and enforced).

Or maybe about Art 52(2) EPC, implying that the EPO is granting patents on
subject matter that is according to the written law not patentable.  This
is what has been at the center of the public debate recently.

-phm



