From phm@a2e.de  Sun Jul 29 18:33:34 2001
From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:33:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Patents] Re: Walzstabteilung causing headaches to BGH in 2000 (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107291933190.6656-100000@mulix.oas.a2e.de>

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Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:23:55 +0200 (CEST)
From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
Reply-To: intprop-l@topica.com
To: intprop-l@topica.com
Subject: Re: Walzstabteilung causing headaches to BGH in 2000 (fwd)

> > are assuming that hardware is patentable.
>
> Hardware is indeed patentable subject matter statutorily in USA and perhaps
> in many other countries as well.

No it is not.

If you have created a new color design for a lampshade, you do not get a
patent for that in the USA, just because you claim new, non-obvious and
useful hardware, do you?

Even in the USA, patents are granted in reward for the disclosure of
inventions.  The questions is what inventions are.  This question can't be
answered by a list of statutory subject matter.  It can however to some
extent be answered by a list of exclusions of statutory subject matter.

--
Hartmut Pilch                                           http://phm.ffii.org/
Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation	      http://swpat.ffii.org/
80000 signatures against software patents         http://www.noepatents.org/

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