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I wonder if this patent will be recognized or enforceable in Europe.
by kensai 5y ago
I wonder if this patent will be recognized or enforceable in Europe.
- Kiro 5y agoThe European Patent Convention states that software is not patentable, so no.
- j-pb 5y agoThat doesn't stop them, Benoît Battistelli has been actively pushing for software patents and ignored the EPC. With staff being quoted previously: “We are far too often put in front of the dilemma of either working according to the European Patent Convention and respecting the examiner’s guidelines, or issuing ‘products’ as our hierarchy demands" The wikipedia article on him is harrowing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoît_Battistelli#Discontent_within_the_EPO_staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoît_Battistelli#Discontent_...
- robertlagrant 5y agoI can imagine law firms would be lobbying hard for software patents. Some more big tech money to cream off into adminstrative tasks.
- tluyben2 5y agoYou file per region.
- zoobab 5y agoEPO has destroyed the law with "as such" or "technical effect", and they are lobbying hard to get the UPC in place, so that software patents are fully "valid" accross Europe.