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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 17 2012 @ 05:12 PM EST |
One interpretation:
Software patents have been explicitly stated not part
of patents
Another interpretation:
Software patents (doesn't exist per
se) will be treated as any other patent - this change applies to all
equally
From the little that was posted: I'd say the concern on software
patents wasn't spoken to at all.
No change to current status quo = will
be an issue as they are today.
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Authored by: Wol on Monday, December 17 2012 @ 06:38 PM EST |
But they still get issued anyway.
And, as we know from Judge Birss, the courts can still be bamboozled into
enforcing them.
Cheers,
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 17 2012 @ 06:43 PM EST |
Yeah, I know this is Europe, but they are doing some funny federalist tricks,
like, if the EUP doesn't allow software patents, maybe there is no
denial of
individual states right to patent software if they so wish.The
European patent with unitary effect ("unitary patent") will be an
another
option for users besides already-existing national patents and classical
European patents. ... high-quality machine translation will be
available
for the purpose of informing on the content of patents.
epo.org
... because the new court must apply a patent-owner’s domestic
law when ruling on infringements, different standards will
apply in different
cases. Patent “trolls” may thus choose friendly territory and hold more
innovative companies to ransom.
The Economist
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Authored by: Ian Al on Tuesday, December 18 2012 @ 04:15 AM EST |
An alternative was to go through the European
Patent Office, but
this route still required a validation
process in each EU Member State, which
was very burdensome
and also very costly.
So, even though you
get a software patent from the EPO, you still have to get it validated by the UK
Patent Office even though the UK is a signatory to the EPO agreement.
I
cannot see how a software patent can be validated in the UK when it is illegal
throughout the EU.
So, yes, I would say that I find the response,
interesting. I need to investigate further how this unitary patent system is
intended to work. Clearly, it is not intended to extend the baleful glare of the
EPO.
--- Regards
Ian Al
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