On May 25, 2007, at 12:41 AM, Terry Moore-Read wrote: > I should clarify that - the way it worked is this : A device > which uses software can be considered an invention and therefore > patented. The software itself is not the device. > > So while you can have a codec in software form without infringing > the patents - as soon as you build a phone system using that code > you have made an infringing device. > >>>> "Terry Moore-Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/24/07 8:19 AM >>> > That's basically the way the US Supreme court ruled in the AT&T vs > Microsoft case too. > >>>> Benny Amorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/24/07 1:32 AM >>> >>>>>> "SU" == Steve Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > SU> So your argument is that if you take any product using patented > SU> techniques and introduce a little software into the process, the > SU> patents magically don't apply in the EU. Somehow I think it would > SU> be hard to argue that one in court. :- ) > > No, the other way around. When the product is purely software, no > hardware involved, the patents do not apply in the EU.
Huh. Which law school did you say you graduated from? _______________________________________________ Callweaver-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev
