Hungarian innovation protection software that uncovers counterfeits was received in California with plaudits. At the congress of the International Trademark Association, Pintz and Co presented the product to 10,000 patent and trademark lawyers from 150 countries, the Hungarian Intellectual Property Protection Association told news agency MTI.
The software, which runs on several servers, simultaneously monitors the entire web’s one billion sites in real time, including Chinese sites and Facebook, uncovering fake products. The application is unique because it trawls through logos as well as text. The association said in a statement that the company will be making the software free of charge to Hungarian companies within a year.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Seminar Software licenses and software patents
On the May 19, seminar on IP in software development will be held in the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Tartu, Estonia. Our special guests from acknowledged patent and trade mark company Kilburn and Strode, represented by associate Jeremy Smith and from leading international lawfirm Bird & Bird, represented by associate Tim Harris, offer their extensive knowledge and expertise in the fields of software patenting and licensing.
Have a question? Free one-on-one consultation available.
Have a question? Free one-on-one consultation available.
Saturday, May 09, 2015
Patent Laws Are Getting Cloudy - Post - No Jitter
Regarding the cloud and intellectual property, "the barrier to entry into a new business has been reduced," Fred Logue, founder of New Morning IP, an Irish law firm specializing in intellectual property law for technology industries said. "In some ways this is good, because it means that more people can enter into a market and they can innovate. But in other aspects it's a bad thing, because a market with a low barrier to entry ... is open to wider competition than is the case where there is a high barrier to entry."
While the cloud reduces the barrier to entry for innovation, moving from a hardware to a software model makes getting a technology patent more difficult, he added. He attributed this to biases in U.S. and European patent law.
Patents in Taiwan
The criteria for patentability in Taiwan include:
To what extent can inventions covering software be patented?
To determine whether a software-related invention meets the definition of an ‘invention’, the content of the claimed invention – rather than the recitation form of the claims – must be considered in order to identify whether the invention (as a whole) is of a technical nature. If a portion of the claimed invention does not use the laws of nature, it will still meet the definition of an ‘invention’.
Judgments are made based on the technical features recited in the claims; but due to the special nature of software-related inventions, the specification must also be reviewed in order to understand the essential meaning of each feature of the claim.
- statutory subject matter;
- enablement;
- written descriptions;
- industrial applicability;
- novelty; and
- non-obviousness.
To what extent can inventions covering software be patented?
To determine whether a software-related invention meets the definition of an ‘invention’, the content of the claimed invention – rather than the recitation form of the claims – must be considered in order to identify whether the invention (as a whole) is of a technical nature. If a portion of the claimed invention does not use the laws of nature, it will still meet the definition of an ‘invention’.
Judgments are made based on the technical features recited in the claims; but due to the special nature of software-related inventions, the specification must also be reviewed in order to understand the essential meaning of each feature of the claim.
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Patents in Indonesia
Software cannot be patented in Indonesia. The Patent Law specifically excludes rules and methods of doing business, as well as rules and methods concerning computer programs, from the definition of ‘invention’.
In practice, inventions consisting of computer software that are combined with hardware and result in a technical contribution outside the prior art can be patented.
Friday, May 01, 2015
New Taiwanese electronic payments law will encourage patent growth
I'm not sure I understand this article, perhaps it lost something in the translation. It seems to be saying that because Paypal can't operate in Taiwan that patents are difficult to obtain but a change to the electronic banking law may let them operate. -- Bruce
Article at Lexology
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Microsoft Cuts Android Patent Fee To Attract Vendors To Pre-install Android Apps
Microsoft has made an offer to vendors in Taiwan and China to pre-install its application software such as Skype and Office programs like Word, Excel PowerPoint and OneDrive, on their Android devices, in exchange offering discounts on the patent licensing fees. On March 23, Microsoft signed an agreement with almost 11 vendors around the globe for pre-installation of its application softwares and now they have to pay fees for shipment of every Android based devices.
After the patent fees agreement, Microsoft patent licensing fees have grown remarkably, as the demand for Android devices shipments is rising. The discount given to Android products is a step towards increasing the usage of Microsoft application in the mobile devices.
After the patent fees agreement, Microsoft patent licensing fees have grown remarkably, as the demand for Android devices shipments is rising. The discount given to Android products is a step towards increasing the usage of Microsoft application in the mobile devices.
Full Article: Larry Darrell at Bidness Etc
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Zimbabwe Met Service to Patent Climate Software
Climsoft Climate Software is a data management system which was
designed by experts at the Zimbabwe Meteorological Services Department.
The software brings data from multiple sources together and formats it so that it can easily be accessible not only by the Met Dept but by other end users who include aviation,agriculture and other sectors.
Climsoft is currently being used by 27 countries in Africa, 10 in Asia, eight in the Caribbean and 12 countries in the Pacific.
Zimbabwe is the only developing country in the world that has developed such software for the world and is now moving to patent the software.
Met Dept director Dr Amos Makarau said "This week we were discussing how to patent the software. Our developers have been to ARIPO to start the process of patenting the Climsoft software.
"The idea came about following attempts by some developed countries
to high-jack the software and patent it as if they developed it."
designed by experts at the Zimbabwe Meteorological Services Department.
The software brings data from multiple sources together and formats it so that it can easily be accessible not only by the Met Dept but by other end users who include aviation,agriculture and other sectors.
Climsoft is currently being used by 27 countries in Africa, 10 in Asia, eight in the Caribbean and 12 countries in the Pacific.
Zimbabwe is the only developing country in the world that has developed such software for the world and is now moving to patent the software.
Met Dept director Dr Amos Makarau said "This week we were discussing how to patent the software. Our developers have been to ARIPO to start the process of patenting the Climsoft software.
"The idea came about following attempts by some developed countries
to high-jack the software and patent it as if they developed it."
Full Article at allAfrica.com
Monday, September 16, 2013
Software patent debate heats up in Brazil
Although they can't agree what the problems are,both sides of the debate admit that there are big problems with the US system. Now to prove that some people never learn he Brazilian patent office want to make Brazilian patent procedures to be like the US ones.
Article: Angelica Mari ZDNet
Article: Angelica Mari ZDNet
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Sydney IP Forum Software Patents - IP Australia
Event sponsored by the Australian Government's IP Australia.
Do software patents encourage or hinder innovation?
IP Australia invites you to attend the IP Forum at Sydney Marriott Hotel
on 16 May 2012 to hear Australian Inventor, Ric Richardson speak about his
experiences with the patents system. Ric’s epic battle with Microsoft
was recently resolved in an out of court settlement with royalties on an
estimated turnover of US$19 billion for its XP and Office software.
Other speakers include; Ben Sturmfels, principle of Sturm (a free
software development agency), and Philip Spann, Deputy Commissioner of
Patents at IP Australia.
This free forum includes lunch and the opportunity to ask questions, and
network with IP professionals, industry representatives and members of
IP Australia’s Executive. Journalists are welcome.
IP Australia
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Software patents in Israel
Michael Factor writes in his blog The IP Factor:
"The long awaited guidelines regarding the patentability of software inventions in Israel have finally been published by the Israel Patent Authority.After the list of allowed inventions are by several examples of what is patentable.
In brief, it appears that the term ‘industrial application’ as required by section 3 of the Israel Patent Law 1967 may be fulfilled by patents in any field of technology."
Monday, January 09, 2012
Position of Software Patents in UK
The Law Information Portal of India has published this article on the main patent law in the UK, the Patent Act, 1977, and decisions regarding patentability of software under this law and the European convention on patents. The essay seems to be written as a background briefing for the benefit of non-UK lawyers. Read more
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Canadian Patent Office Allows Amazon.com’s “one-click” Patent
The issuance of the “one-click” patent may be just what Amazon.com and the [Canadian] Patent office wanted. However, for members of the public who wanted the law related to business method and software patents clarified, it is a missed opportunity to have the Supreme Court weigh in on this critically important issue.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
FOSS developer's campaign against software patents moves ahead
Melbourne developer Ben Sturmfels is sure of one thing: his campaign to end them in their entirety will succeed in the long run.
He began with the collection of signatures last year to submit to federal parliament. In February, Sturmfels' petition was accepted by the government's Petitions Committee, in three batches. "Collecting 1000 signatures on paper is a hard task and a huge one in terms of the amount of paper needed," he said with a grin.
He argues that patents are not necessary to encourage innovation in their industry, that the term of a patent (20 years) is too long, and that the cost involved (in avoiding infringing patents, and defending against patent lawsuits) is not viable, particularly for small to medium-sized businesses.
He began with the collection of signatures last year to submit to federal parliament. In February, Sturmfels' petition was accepted by the government's Petitions Committee, in three batches. "Collecting 1000 signatures on paper is a hard task and a huge one in terms of the amount of paper needed," he said with a grin.
He argues that patents are not necessary to encourage innovation in their industry, that the term of a patent (20 years) is too long, and that the cost involved (in avoiding infringing patents, and defending against patent lawsuits) is not viable, particularly for small to medium-sized businesses.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Glyn Moody Submission to UK Independent Review
In his Open Enterprise blog Glyn Moody has provided a late draft of his submission to the UK Independent Review of "IP" and Growth. Hecovers both software patents and digital copyright in his submission. The following is purely related to his points on Software patents.
His submission includes:
"There are two central problems with software patents. First, software is essentially a series of algorithms - sets of computer operations; algorithms are purely mathematical techniques; which means that software patents are patents on mathematics - that is, pure knowledge. Attempts to frame software patents are being “applications” of this knowledge “in the real world” have failed dismally to draw any convincing dividing line between knowledge and its application, or between the “real world” and the digital one that exists inside computers. "The other problem is that software patents are often granted on key ideas that cannot be coded around. This creates a kind of choke hold on knowledge. The situation has got so bad that programmers no longer investigate whether their code infringes on software patents, since it is almost inevitable that it does - so many broad and trivial patents have now been granted around the world. Moreover, in the US penalties for infringement are trebled if there is “knowing” infringement, which leads to the ridiculous situation that it is better not to try to find out whether you are infringing."His submission continues in a similar vein and concludes "to promote the UK computer industry, and encourage innovation here, software patents of all kinds should be eliminated"
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Industry Committee study on Science and Technology is underway
In other words, the only way I could access the audio from this parliamentary committee is to potentially infringe software patents. ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Software Patents and Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS ...
Software patent issues specific to FLOSS : While it is important to differentiate software from other subject matter, we also need to ask just how different FLOSS is from non-FLOSS when it comes to patents. ...
Friday, April 18, 2008
O'Reilly Says "Publishers Beware"
By Maya Reynolds
O'Reilly invited readers to join him in urging Amazon to "clarify your intentions with regard to software patents, and avoid any attempts to limit the further development of internet commerce on the basis of the patents you have already ...
By Steven Hodson
Closely-watched case may spell trouble for software patents :: Ars Technica - this is a slightly older story on FriendFeed that came back to the surface today and it was a comment by Chris White that caught my eye - Wow, ...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Confusion reigns on software patents
A row is brewing over the lack of consistency surrounding the protection of software rights, and it needs to be resolved if the UK is to stay in step with European law, say experts.
Last month a High Court judge upheld an appeal from software firm Symbian following the rejection of a patent application it made to the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) – an application that had already been approved by the European Patent Office (EPO).
Under UK law, patents can only be issued for inventions using software as part of their operations, not for software that affects the running of computers.
Any changes to the handling of software patents is likely to come gradually, said Kim Walker, partner at law firm Pinsent Masons. ...
Sunday, April 13, 2008
A message for Warez d00dz Culture
By arnuld They are not sharing movies/music alone, they are sharing software-patents alongwith movie/music. When you rip your HD-DVD in H264 format, you give the burden of that software-patent to your friend too. ...
"Foundations of Open" Australia 2020 local summit
By Brianna Laugher(Brianna Laugher)
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