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After having bent the law so as to be able to grant patents on information and life, the European Patent Office and the EU commission want to change the law itself so as to legalise their practise. They have never seriously investigated how this may affect the development of information technology.

 

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  1. Impact Studies
  2. EU Policy
  3. Software Patents granted by the EPO
  4. Patent Court Rulings
  5. Frequently Cited Legal Texts
  6. Statements of Concerned Parties

1. Impact Studies

FileContents
patent.pdfSequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation - MIT Department of Economics Working Paper by James Bessen and Eric Maskin
useright.pdfJ.P. Smets: Software Useright: Solving Inconsistencies of Software Patents
patrupt.pdfGregory Aharonian: The Patent Examination System is Intellectually Corrupt

2. EU Policy

FileContents
agenda.pdfHidden Agenda
paten.pdfhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/indprop/paten.pdf
8682en.pdfhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/indprop/8682en.pdf
utilityen.pdfhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/indprop/utility.htm

3. Software Patents granted by the EPO

FileContents
EP0926584.pdf1999-06-30: System for controlling the use of a software item
EP0935202.pdf1999-08-11: Hardware or software architecture implementing self-biased conditioning
EP0947916.pdf1999-10-06: Software producing method, processor, processing method and recording medium
EP0969359.pdf2000-01-05: Method to update software and/or data in distributed systems
EP0969364.pdf2000-01-05: Distributed agent software system and method having enhanced process mobility and communication in a computer network
EP0972237.pdf2000-01-19: Method and apparatus for software features synchronization between software systems
EP0978023.pdf2000-02-09: System and method for distributing software over a network
EP0978078.pdf2000-02-09: E-mail program capable of transmitting, opening and presenting a container having digital content using embedded executable software
EP0978821.pdf2000-02-09: Computerized music system having software and hardware sound sources
EP0981088.pdf2000-02-23: System, method and apparatus for software testing
EP0987666.pdf2000-03-22: Method for loading data and software in a computer in vehicle
EP0989713.pdf2000-03-29: Software update for webphones
EP0990210.pdf2000-04-05: System, method and article of manifacture for product return of software and other information
EP0991009.pdf2000-04-05: Information processing apparatus, method and computer program for virtual reality transparent avatars
EP0992927.pdf2000-04-12: Method for controlling character behavior in video games, video game machine, and computer-readable recording medium on which video game program is recorded
EP0993663.pdf2000-04-19: System and method for the selective activation of one or several software and/or hardware functions of a programmable device
EP0996887.pdf2000-05-03: Scheduler for a software system

4. Patent Court Rulings

FileContents
t960410eu1.pdfEPO decision T 410/96 on IBM document markup
t970935eu1.pdfEPO decision T 935/97 for IBM program product
t971173ep1.pdfEPA-Entscheidung T 1173/97: IBM Programmprodukt

5. Frequently Cited Legal Texts

FileContents
epc52.pdfhttp://www.epo.co.at/epc97/english/ar52.html
trips27.pdfTRIPS Treaty Article 27

6. Statements of Concerned Parties

FileContents
pr1.pdf11 Industry Leaders Speak Out Against Software Patents
euipCAen.pdfEuroLinux Meets EU Legislators
infoCAE.pdfInfomatec-Brief von 1999-10-14
suseCAD.pdfSuSE-Brief von 1999-10-13
prosCAD.pdfProsa Letter from 1999-10-13
liveCAF.psLiVe-Brief von 1999-10-15
mierten.pdfBrief an EU Wettbewerbs Kommissar
siepmann.pdfRA Dipl-Phys. Jürgen Siepmann (Linux-Verband) über juristischen und ökonomischen Unsinn der Softwarepatentierung
ossenkopf.pdfAstronom Dr. Ossenkopf fürchtet katastrophale Wirkungen der Softwarepatentierung auf die Naturwissenschaften
kober.pdfKober warning against kneejerk reactions
adobe.testimony.pdfAdobe Statement against Software Patenting
oracle.statement.pdfOracle Statement against Software Patenting
borland.testimony.pdfBorland Statment against Software Patenting
C05ST02.PDFGreenpeace-Studie
absurd.pdfWired: Patently Absurd


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