The EPO is currently handing out patents rather haphazardly. The final
wording of the CIID has not been decided yet so there's no telling what
it will contain - it could still go the US way and allow business
methods, or it could adopt the recommendations of Michel Rocard (JURI
rapporteur) which would prevent them.
Ramon
Graham Petley wrote:
Hallo Ramon,
One point I noticed from your article is that the EPO is allowing
the patenting of business methods, which is contrary to what was
stated by Dr. Ghio in hist article
" Software patents for business methods and not relating to any
technical contribution will still not be accepted."
Since they are accepted, one wonders how accurate the other
assertions in his article are. Maybe this should be highlighted.
- Graham Petley
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:18:21 +0200
From: Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Software Patents ? the threat to IT
To: [email protected]
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I have written an article which could be published in response to
The Times'
technology article of 16th June. The original article can be seen
here:
http://technology.timesofmalta.com/article.php?id=1777
My article is on the articles Wiki:
http://wiki.linux.org.mt/articles/Wiki.jsp?page=SoftwarePatentsTheThreatToIT
I'd like your comments on this response before we send it, but
ideally soon
since I'd like to make it in the next issue.
Ramon Casha
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