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

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

Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:04:00 -0400
> Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org> wrote:
> 
> > Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
> > >
> > > > The text means something. Only comprehension impaired people need
> > > > an interpretation.
> > >
> > > Even a simple text can have many different interprations.
> >
> >
> > They introduced the phrase "as such" because they wanted to say that
> > software was different and could not be covered by patents.
> 
> They introduced the words "as such" in part 3 of the article which
> refers not only to software but also to business methods, etc. The words
> "as such" used in part 3 simply means that the items described in part 2
> can't be patented when they are alone but that it is still possible to
> patent an invention that would make some use of them.


It says software is different and not covered by patents.  That's what "as
such" means.


Seth


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