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From: Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe@ugent.be>
To: AFUL Patent Forum <patents@aful.org>
Subject: Re: [Patents] IBM Patent release
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:31:51 +0100

On 24 jan 2005, at 09:23, Nari Lee wrote:

I have received the following info.
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/pledgedpatents.pdf
Anybody on this list knows or care to comment on the utility of any of these patents

They're useful because they clearly admit those are software patents, and at least 44 of them are granted in Europe as well (http://kwiki.ffii.org/IbmEp0501En). Nevertheless, all of those would be considered "computer-implemented inventions which make a technical contribution" under the proposed Commission and Council texts.

or why IBM is doing this "really"?

PR.

Jonas

IBM Patent release, Nari Lee
- Re: [Patents] IBM Patent release, Jonas Maebe
  - Re: [Patents] IBM Patent release, Seth Johnson
  - Re: [Patents] IBM Patent release, Bernard Lang

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