IANAL
It seems as if whatever they tried to patent in Germany was actually
definitely rejected.
Notes:
- this does not imply that they failed elsewhere, YWHTPM to find that out.
- while patents can apply to the processing and use of OSM data and
potentially (by a long stretch of imagination)
Hello,
In Brazil we're discussing the legality of mapping postal codes using
official data sources and we've found formal communications from the
Brazilian Post (EBCT) [1] saying that the organization has filed a
patent on the database with German Patent Applicatations, reference
number
