77.03 A European patent (UK) granted under the EPC is thus treated as if it were a patent granted under the Patents Act 1977, and the proprietors of the patent have the same rights and remedies as the proprietors of a domestic patent. The effective date of grant from which it is so treated is the date of mention of the grant in the Bulletin published under the EPC.

Yes, I remember very well the vote where the European Parliament where they voted to keep the current status, but that's certainly not "not having them". I think the Parliament would gladly have voted for not having Software Patents if that had been an option. The status quo was and is that there is no law that clearly affirms software patents, but both the EPO and the UKIPO have been granting them under the disguise that they are not recited as "software as such" and they are both enforceable.

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