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[IP] EC: Software is not patentable





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From: Paul Davey <ip@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 24, 2006 1:48:25 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: EC: Software is not patentable

For IP if you want it.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39270929,00.htm

EC: Software is not patentable

By Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK

The European Patent Office will be bound by proposed legislation that will exclude software from patentability, according to the EC, in a move that has startled opponents of software patents

Software patent campaigners were shocked on Wednesday by an apparent change in stance towards software patents by the European Commission.

kind regards

  Paul Davey


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