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> And in Europe, we don't have valid software patents. That is categorically untrue, and you should stop telling people that. In Europe, software is not patent
by throwawaykf05 11y ago
> And in Europe, we don't have valid software patents.
That is categorically untrue, and you should stop telling people that. In Europe, software is not patent-eligible "as such", but it is if it solves a technical problem.
The only thing that eliminates is "business method" patents, which are just a subset of what people generally refer to as "software patents".
- egeozcan 11y agoI'm interested, could you please give an example?
- yrro 11y agoThere are plenty of patents listed at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/avc/Documents/avc-att1.pdf http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/avc/Documents/avc-att1.p..., http://mp3licensing.com/patents/ http://mp3licensing.com/patents/ and http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/hevc/Documents/hevc-att1.pdf http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/hevc/Documents/hevc-att1....