Re: [Patents] O'Reilly DevCenter: Perspective on Software Patents in Europe

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

LOL

I never use the term "CII patents," though I use the term "CII
Directive" despite the fact that the actual name of the thing is
"Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented
Inventions."  :-)

You're mouthing general principles to a pretty careful and
skilled practitioner.  It's a useless exercise.  I'd hate to
actually make a mistake!  The certainly important thing, that we
all see clearly, is to be sure to emphasize the contradiction
between the title and what the Directive accomplishes.


Seth



Florian Mueller wrote:
> 
> We should use the term "software patents" instead of "CII patents" whenever
> and wherever we can, which is in almost 100% of all cases.  We should reject
> the name by consistently and persistently saying "software patents" because
> the more people do that, the better our opponents realize that the
> euphemism-and-denial strategy doesn't work.

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