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These are not enforceable anywhere -- they are applications. If and when they issue into patents, those will be enforceable in their respective territories. A P
by patentatt 8y ago
These are not enforceable anywhere -- they are applications. If and when they issue into patents, those will be enforceable in their respective territories. A PCT filing such as these, however, can go national stage in any of the PCT countries, which includes pretty much the whole world.[1]
[1] http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/pct_contracting_states.html http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/pct_contracting_states.html
- kuschku 8y agoThe EU has laws explicitly declaring this kind of software patent invalid, though, which is what I assume the grandparent was referring to
- mbowcutt 8y agoWhat makes you so sure they'll be granted? (From a US perspective) The disclosures I've flipped through reek of non-patentable subject matter (software/algorithms with no defined field of use), lack a strong inventive step (ok I'm not so sure but it seems like a lot of these are already being researched/used), and have a claims list that is LONG. It only takes one claim to not be met for a product to not fall under that patent. So if the exact processes described in the claims are not followed or even altered, the offending party could see DeepMind in court (where they would, unfortunately, likely lose).
- realusername 8y agoExcept the EU explicitly makes software patents unenforceable so they won't be.