[Free-sklyarov-uk] Letter from Frits Bolkenstein on software patents

[iriXx]

i think the main thing to clarify is what is meant by:

"The proposal for this directive is not intended to allow the patenting
of software which is not currently patentable"

currently the UKPTO is grantig patents which are in breach of art.52 
EPC, and indeed Keith Beresford has published a book on how to obtain a 
software patent in Europe by getting around loopholes in art.52.

perhaps this issue needs to be brought to their attention - that what is 
'currently patentable' includes 30,000 swpats that are contrary to 
European law.

best

miriam

Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> A wee while ago I sent a rant about software patents to my MEPs and it got
> into the hands of Frits Bolkenstein the Commissioner in charge of these
> things who kindly replied.
> 
> Mostly it's just him pointing out the mistakes in my badly researched
> letter but I was wondering if the list had any suggestions for a reply.
> 
> He says that the propsal will not make anything patentable which was not
> already patentable - is that true?  He also says that mathematical
> algorithms will not be patentable, but I seem to mind that the EPO has
> passed some crypto algorithms.
> 
> The reply letter, along with one from the a Tory going by the handle of
> `Lord' Inglewood (which basicly just agrees with the directive) is at
> http://jriddell.org/eu-patents-letters.text
> 
> Thanks for any comments
> 
> Jonathan Riddell
> 
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