Nice find Rob. Rob Myers wrote:
1. Is it only proper to exclude patents covering computer programs as such when explicitly claimed as a "computer program"? 2. Does a claim avoid the computer program as such exclusion by mentioning a computer or data storage medium? (If not, what technical effect is needed?) 3. Can a technical effect be non-physical? Is it sufficient if the physical entity is an unspecified computer? 4. Does the activity of programming a computer necessarily involve technical considerations?
These questions are quite subtle and a bit clever in a way, they will take a bit of thinking about.
Additionally, this link might be helpful for people wishing to respond: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2009/01/g-308-have-your-say.html Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
