Re: [Patents] Software patents strikes in Italy.

[Roland Orre <roland.orre@gmail.com>]

What is going on? I didn't find the description (in english) earlier, but now
when having read it, they are simply describing a method utilized by many
at the time for application. How can someone trying to patent something like
this?

This can certainly be used in many ways
1) To show how ridiculus software patents are.
2) How they make us all "criminals". (who would care about this patent?)
3) How software patents are generally harmful for society!
    a) If e.g. google, yahoo, altavista, dogpile, askjeeves, webcrawler etc
        would care about this patent, would they be able to provide the 
service
        for the humanity as good as they are doing now?
    b) Assume that  they did care about this patent, and then some of these
        search engines would become bankrupt, would that be beneficial?
        for who?
4) Patent busting of course, or questioning the whole patent system. If
    patents can't be handled by those being in charge, that is kill patent
    applications which have tremendous amounts of prior art, then the
    system is not working. It is possible that the patent offices managed
    the classical patents, but obviously they can  not handle software
    patents.

/Roland

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:07:51 +0200, Erik Josefsson <ehj@cleosan.com> wrote:
> Simo Sorce wrote:
> > Seem that godado (www.godado.it) claim to have a patent on search
> > engines and is trying to stop other site from offering search
> > capabilities in their own sites.
> >
> > Uk patent: GB2362971
> > EPO request n: 01112245.4
> 
> The EP patent is only A2, and as far as understand that means it is not
> yet granted:
> 
>     http://register.epoline.org/espacenet/regviewer?AP=EP20010112245
> 
> > Here some info from one of the victimis (italian only):
> > http://www.portalino.it/contenzioso/frontpage.html
> >
> > Here the JPG of the letter sent:
> > http://www.portalino.it/contenzioso/materiale/godado1.jpg
> 
> Seems the GB patent is granted though.
> 
> //Erik