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Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Mobilisation against the return of software patents in Europe
In the next few days, the legal affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament will discuss on the next actions regarding the project for a unitary patent. Behind what looks like a technical text lies a crucial issue: who decides on what is patentable and what is not.
As software patents are coming back in international news with the Apple/Samsung case, we need to ensure that such aberrations cannot happen in Europe. April calls for a general mobilisation to contact all MEPs, so that the European Parliament finally tackles the issue of the software patentability.
As software patents are coming back in international news with the Apple/Samsung case, we need to ensure that such aberrations cannot happen in Europe. April calls for a general mobilisation to contact all MEPs, so that the European Parliament finally tackles the issue of the software patentability.
Source April.org
Saturday, September 01, 2012
EU unitary patent and Unified Patent Court - software patents wiki (en.swpat.org)
The European Union patent with unitary effect and the Unified Patent Court are two parts of an EU proposal which takes competence for patent cases away from the national courts and transfers it to a new pro-patent court with no independent appeal system for its rulings. One expected outcome is that software patents may become enforceable throughout the European Union. The stated aim is to unify Europe's patent systems.
The proposal also involves creating a single patent which would be valid in many EU member states, without translation. This proposal took over from the Community Patent since the Lisbon Treaty and is often called the EU patent or the unitary patent.
As of August 2012, Spain and Italy continue to reject the proposals and the EU intends thus to make them binding in only the other 25 member states.
The proposal also involves creating a single patent which would be valid in many EU member states, without translation. This proposal took over from the Community Patent since the Lisbon Treaty and is often called the EU patent or the unitary patent.
As of August 2012, Spain and Italy continue to reject the proposals and the EU intends thus to make them binding in only the other 25 member states.
Source Software Patents Wiki
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
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"
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. ...
Thursday, April 28, 2005
European Commission Sparks Software Patent Debate
European legislators wanted to clarify the law; instead, they began a hot debate that threatens software patents' existence
If there's one thing that Tim Frain, the director of intellectual property at Nokia Corp., doesn't need to hear, it's that folksy old saying, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'
One of the most active lobbyists in Europe's increasingly heated debate over software patents, Frain knows all about ill-fated fixes.
If there's one thing that Tim Frain, the director of intellectual property at Nokia Corp., doesn't need to hear, it's that folksy old saying, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'
One of the most active lobbyists in Europe's increasingly heated debate over software patents, Frain knows all about ill-fated fixes.
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