Re: [Patents] meaning of "program"

[Simo Sorce <simo.sorce@xsec.it>]

On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 17:10, Xavi Drudis Ferran wrote:
> El Mon, May 05, 2003 at 04:15:23PM +0200, Hartmut Pilch deia:

> > It is not helpful especially in the European context to reduce the meaning
> > of the word "program for computers" to "particular copyrighted instance".

Harmut, i do not agree here.
The word program, have a clear unique meaning for computer programmers,
and it means exactly a "particular copyrighted instance".

> helpful for who?. If lawyers understand one thing for "program" and 
> programmers another (am I the only one?) we have a communication problem, 
> no?

No, you're not the only one.

> I would like more explanation on this. Why does a patent attorney want 
> to make the word program (or any other) more narrow?. 

Because that way they can tell you a thing that means a broad thing, and
you will understand another narrow one.
As you can recognize you agree that having "legal protection for a
program" is an acceptable statement and you think of copyright, of
course if they have expanded the term program, it will really mean
"patent on software" and you will not really understand and perhaps
agree with them.

That's how I see this.

Simo.

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