Hanno Böckwrote: > I have a question about this case (german article): > http://www.golem.de/0609/47577.html [...]
One English report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5312696.stm > - Is this one of the "epa gives sw-patents although they're not > allowed"-case? > Then, why don't companies like sandisk take legal actions against the patent? > - Is this in someway not considered "software"? > - What else is going on there? Of course mathematical discoveries like MP3 should not get patent protection, but AIUI from recent Debian threads, Germany is about as software-patent-happy as UK and US. Reform the patent system! End these long-life protectionist trolls! -- MJ Ray - see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html North End, Lynn, Norfolk, England Work: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ IRC/Jabber/SIP: on request _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
