Re: [Patents] newsscan: Software patent limits 'go too far'

[Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>]

The response is:

The Directive that was presented would codify the practice of the EPO, and
Mr Bolkestein again, refuses to *address the question."

1) Why is the EPO granting patents on software?
2) Is software patentable in the first place?

:-)

Seth


P.S.  "Software is not like that"

:-)

Stefano Maffulli wrote:
> 
> Interesting readings, it suggests that Bolkenstein may abando the
> directive proposal.
> 
> bye
> stef
> 
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39116709,00.htm
> 
> The European Parliament added strict limits to its directive on software
> patents, but these could be damaging to the IT sector, according to a
> legal expert
> 
> The European Parliament may have ruined its opportunity to reform the
> EU's software patents system with Wednesday's vote to approve the
> Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions,
> according to a patent law expert.
> 
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