EPO :: Something smarter than us is going to emerge


node:	EPO
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parent:	thus spoke filip in ' Copyright? Intellectual Property?? Hola, Hola Copyfight vola !! '
owner:	gnd
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created:	07.07.2005 - 12:50:37

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see below - this patents are active allredy, but they are also illegal and also legal.. depends from what side you look at it .. i dunno ,, am confused

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i see that u add now more stuff to the message on 'EPO a patenty'
rest on web....

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me too
thats why i ask

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they have this on their website :

The European Patent Office (EPO) has followed with interest the vote of the European Parliament today and has taken note of the decision of the European Parliament not to accept the Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (CII) according to the Common Position of the Council.

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As with all inventions, CII are only patentable if they have technical character, are new and involve an inventive technical contribution to the prior art. Moreover, the EPO does not grant "software patents": computer programs claimed as such, algorithms or computer-implemented business methods that make no technical contribution are not considered patentable inventions under the EPC. In this respect, the practice of the EPO differs significantly from that of the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

http://www.european-patent-office.org/news/pressrel/2005_07_06_e.htm

but i think the term "technical character" can be very easily interpreted in any way you need.. :(