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Marty Goetz — the man granted the first software patent in 1965 — wades back into the intellectual-property debate with more views on why software should be patentable Read more
17 December, 2011 by Marty Goetz...provisions of section 60(2) of the Patents Act 1977". However, the
The revised
...to computer programs are not necessarily excluded by Article 52 [of the
...European statutory exclusion for the patentability of computer software, said Pearce. "The
...enlarged board of appeal. The issue revolves around Article 52 of the
...University Munich said the patent did not meet the terms of the
...ruled against the patent application in a hearing back in April. The
...computer programs), which is excluded from patentability pursuant to Article 52 EPC [
...did not allow them "to enforce the quality standards set by the
The Groklaw community has set its group mind to defining what software is, all the better not to patent it. It has done a better job than the EU Read more
2 June, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins...do not allow them "to enforce the quality standards set by the
...decide to abandon the directive in favour of a renegotiation of the
...entirely and seek to achieve patent harmonisation through a renegotiation of the
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