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- From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)
- Subject: [Patents] patent inflation in Japan
- Date: 12 May 2001 00:56:22 +0200
Under
http://www.jpo.go.jp/iken/tt1210-038_kaitei.htm
the Japanese Patent Office conducted a consultation aiming to make
computer programs and business methods directly patentable in their
abstract form, independent of a medium to which they were tied before.
Another aim was to allow more direct claims to business methods.
The consultation was concluded on Dec 12th.
Although I don't know the result, it is clear from the page that this
is a patent movement activity that can only have one result.
The new law is to be enacted in 2003.
--
Hartmut Pilch
Federation for a Free Information Infrastructure
http://www.ffii.org/
Stop Patent Inflation!
http://swpat.ffii.org/
Sign the Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe
http://petition.eurolinux.org/
- [Patents] patent inflation in Japan, PILCH Hartmut
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