Re: US Patents vs Non-US software ...

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 11:38:45AM -0800, J. Andrew Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:22:58 +0200
> >Many countries do not grant software patents so it is not
> >likely
> >that IBM applied through PCT since a refusal in one
> >country may
> >cause to patent to be refused in all countries.
>
>
> Contrary to popular misconception, virtually all countries
> grant software patents. The problem is that people have

Thanks to the new European Union member Poland, the Dutch plan to put the
software patents on the agenda 3 days before Christmas was revoked. So no
software patents in Europe for now. (and the opposition against it seems
to grow!)

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