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What about just losing software patents altogether? Sorry, but from my perspective on the other side of Atlantic, it looks like a yet another example of "there'
by antisemiotic 7y ago
What about just losing software patents altogether? Sorry, but from my perspective on the other side of Atlantic, it looks like a yet another example of "there's no way to avoid this - says the only country where this happens".
- tripzilch 7y agoI know! Let's have Cloudflare ban the patent office
- rayiner 7y agoThey have software patents in many (most? all?) EU countries. The only thing they don’t have is patents on software code itself, which the US doesn’t really have either. See: https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/11/15/epo-publishes-revised-guidelines-computer-implemented-inventions/id=103316 https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/11/15/epo-publishes-revised-... The main criteria in the EU is whether the method embodied in the software is “technical.” (Image recognition as opposed to say a business method.) See: https://mewburn.com/resource/patentability-of-business-method-and-software-inventions-in-europe-2/ https://mewburn.com/resource/patentability-of-business-metho... In the US, under Alice, Section 101 has morphed into a very similar analysis.