On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 13:15 +0000, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: > It's hard to pick a worst part, but I think this one is mine: > > "The invention was almost certainly made at a much earlier stage in the > creative process, before any computer program had been written (or > flowcharts generated) with a view to implementing the invention." > > What has the time of implementation got to do with whether the idea is > patentable?
Oh, oh, I understand this. You'll love this. In deciding whether or not an invention relates to a "computer program, as such", they look at when the invention is conceived. If it isn't done when you're writing the program, clearly the invention doesn't relate to a computer program. I believe that's roughly how the logic works, anyway. And yes, I enjoyed that passage too :D Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
