Public Licences Free software - covered under general public licences (GPL) - is increasingly under threat from attempts to use patents to carve out commercial interests 16.01.06 Times, Intellectual Property, Patent
Software Patents Critics of patenting software are neglecting legal limits and definitions of patents, would secure intellectual property without killing technical advances or restricting us 30.06.05 Guardian, IP , Patents
What's a Patent? EU parliament legal committee JURI has rejected software patent directive CIID as 'seriously flawed', seeking 'legally clever' definition of a patent 25.05.05 ZDNet, Patent Links
Patent Directive Developers welcome EU Commission's support for CII Directive, say it will allow consistency across EU and between software and hardware 14.03.05 vnunet, Intellectual Property Links
Software Patent Lawyers acting for the European Parliament are demanding documentary proof that Commission acted properly in continuing with CIID ZDNet Commission will 'let directive die' if Parliament requests new proposal 11.03.05 ZDNet, Intellectual Property Links, Patent Links
Software Patent Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID) is in tatters, proponents claim 'misinformation', detractors say there is no agreement among member states 10.02.05 Telegraph, Patent Links
EU Patent Law EU Parliament Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) has sent draft Computer Implemented Inventions Directive back to Commission, say it favours large companies 04.02.05 BBC, Patent Links
Patents for Business Methods, Software Whether software and business methods are patentable or not is a hot topic, on 13 March the High Ct gave the first judgments on the issue since Aerotel and Macrossan, Cappellini's application was for a new algorithm which determined routes a carrier should take when delivering packages, Bloomberg's was for a data distribution method 07.05.07 Eversheds, Intellectual Property, Patent Law
Macrossan May Re-Apply to Lords President of EPO has refused to answer questions put by Lord Jacob arising from Macrossan Application, on grounds there is 'insufficient legal basis for a referral', Macrossan, refused patent for 'business method', may re-apply for leave to appeal to the Lords 12.04.07 Eversheds, Aerotel v Telco, Intellectual Property, Patent Law
Software Cannot Be Patented In two appeals heard together, Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd and Re: Macrossan [2006] EWCA Civ 1371, Court of Appeal has clarified that under UK and EU law, 'computer programs' and methods for 'doing business' or 'performing mental acts' cannot be protected by a patent 03.11.06 Clintons, Aerotel v Telco, Patents, Intellectual Property Links
EU Software Directive Yesterday marked the demise of the proposed EU Directive on computer-implemented inventions aimed at harmonising the legal protection of patents for inventions that include computers and software 07.07.05 Eversheds, Copyright Links, Trademark Links
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