| |||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
FFII: European Commission says software is not patentableFFII: European Commission says software is not patentablePosted Aug 18, 2009 2:12 UTC (Tue) by answersforall (guest, #60303)Parent article: FFII: European Commission says software is not patentable On reading this article, it seems as if the EC is merely stating the obvious that CASE LAW of the EPO is not applicable to member states. It is merely making de-jure what has already been de-facto - i.e. the member states are not bound in any event by the EPO case law.The interesting this is the statement of the ECJ not being bound by EPO case law. To what extent will this affect the business of patents is an interesting one - the extent really depends on the extent to which EPO case law is being used today. Overall, it seems more of a question of who uses EPO case law and who would use the ECJ to overturn any judgement rendered based on EPO case law. ----------------------------
(Log in to post comments)
|
|
||||||||||||