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"it's complicated" From what I understand: Some countries have them and the EU cannot break those for some reason, which makes them enforcable EU wide.
by fs111 11y ago
"it's complicated" From what I understand: Some countries have them and the EU cannot break those for some reason, which makes them enforcable EU wide.
- detaro 11y agoMore like "there is pretty ambiguous wording in the relevant rules". They list Software "as such" as non-patentable, but that doesn't necessarily covers the principle by which the software operates. Different european and national organizations have varying interpretations of where the boundaries exactly are. Once the objection period for a patent has passed it is up to the national courts of the issuing country to decide about them. It's going to be interesting to see if the German courts hold that patent up or not (I'd guess they won't, but I haven't followed it o closely)