+++ Alastair McKinstry [2014-03-28 12:45 +0000]: > > > Software patents in Europe is a mess: the understanding I have from IP > lawyers > is that > (1) software patents have no legal standing in Europe. > (2) The EPO continues to issue them. > > That is, people get "European Software Patents" on the basis that someday > they may be worth something, and if you haven't patented / tried patenting > your 'invention', someone else will. > > Can you point to actual case law of a software patent being upheld in > Europe? > (as opposed to member states)
No, that's a good point, and as Phil points out, best discussed elsewhere, so I'll leave it at that. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140328132056.gs10...@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk
