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We also don’t have software patents per se in Europe, but that doesn’t keep patent offices granting bullshit patents like this one

• stingraycharles 7y ago
  But in this case it’s not just the patent office granting a patent, but actually winning a case in court as well. How does that work when supposedly software patents are not applicable?
  • rots 7y ago
    https://fsfe.org/campaigns/swpat/swpat.en.html https://fsfe.org/campaigns/swpat/swpat.en.html It's complicated, The European Patent Convention states that software is not patentable. But laws are always interpreted by courts, and in this case interpretations of the law differ.
    • Stiju 7y ago
      I’m not really sure how it works but can’t Facebook take it to the EU court and win this case?