You're right, software patents are not yet recognized in europe. But, even
if it's strange, FhG got several in europe.
It seems to be some errors from patents offices to have accepted them. But
now that those patents exist, I don't know if they are valid or not.
Gabriel Bouvigne - France
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De : Mike Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Envoy� : vendredi 18 juin 1999 18:56
Objet : [MP3 ENCODER] Fraunhofer patents
> I'm still trying to get my head around the validity of the Fraunhofer
> patents in Europe. As far as I know, software patents are not yet
> recognized in Europe (although there seem to be pressure to adopt them).
> Is it possible the that Fraunhofer patent only applies to hardware
> encoders?
>
>
> Mike
>
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