European Software Patents
European Software Patents
Posted Jul 24, 2016 12:28 UTC (Sun) by paulj (subscriber, #341)In reply to: European Software Patents by Wol
Parent article: The state of software patents after the Alice decision
I think the key phrase is "as such". Software is not patentable "as such". You can patent /devices/ that include software, where they key claims or even all of the claims are in fact implemented in the software. However, by presenting it as a /computer/ or other physical device, even in the vaguest and most general terms, then it's no longer software "as such". Hey presto, patent for your software!
Yay for lawyers!