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If the information is correct (which I am not in a position
to confirm), you should say YEP and not GAK. It seems
unlikely that the EPO can obtain agreement in the coming
diplomatic conference on a text that would be opposed by
Germany, the UK and France.
Additional precision: from what I understand, this would have
been a vote in the board of EPO, on which text would be
proposed for revision of the European Patent Convention
at the Conference.
The original proposal of the Director of EPO was for straight
removal of art. 52 paragraphs (2)to(4), that is exclusions
to patentability, based on argumentation that the requirements
of inventive step, industrial applications, etc, were
sufficient. I do not know if this is the proposal that was
discussed in the board.
Philippe
> Gak!!!
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> Subject: software patents in Europe
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> (Not strictly on-topic, but nevertheless of likely interest to many
> readers of this list.)
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> According to the (online) Wall Street Journal, the board of
> administration of the European Patents Office has voted to permit
> software patents, by a 10-9 vote. Opposition to the change came from
> the Germans, the French, and the British; smaller countries, such as
> Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Cyprus, supported it. A German
> official is quoted as saying "We would have problems with the U.S.
> tendency to patent everything that can be patented. That would stifle
> innovation and cause a glut of litigation."
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> A final decision will be made in November.
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> --Steve Bellovin
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