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You will probably run into design patents.

• VorpalWay 8mo ago
  Software patents is not a thing in EU.
  • IshKebab 8mo ago
    They absolutely are. That's a myth. But also software patents and design patents are totally different things.
  • throw-qqqqq 8mo ago
    Very much is. "Software programs, as such" are exempt in the EPC article 52. However if the software program interacts with the world - if it has a "further technical effect" - it is patentable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention#Patentability_under_European_Patent_Office_case_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_Eur...
  • amelius 8mo ago
    I said design patents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent