EU-Patentproposal

[Ole Tange <sslug@sslug>]

Fra: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/indprop/02-277.htm

> Erkki Liikanen said "It represents a reasonable middle ground in a
> field where dissenting views had been voiced".

Det ser ud til, at Erkki Liikanen har givet op. Shit.

> Those whose operation involves the use of a computer program and which
> make a "technical contribution"- in other words which contribute to the
> "state of the art" in the technical field concerned - would be eligible
> for patents.

Men det er da ikke specielt for softwarepatenter, at et patent skal være
noget, som flytter grænser. Her ser det nærmest ud til, at det er et nyt
og fantastisk krav.

> It implies that a computer-implemented invention which makes a
> "technical contribution" to the state of the art, which would not be
> obvious to a person of normal skill in the field concerned, is more
> than just a computer program "as such" and can therefore be patented.

Så hvis du har noget, der er nyt og har opfinderhøjde, så kan det
patenteres. Altså ikke en ændring af den praksis, som har tilladt
e-handelspatentet at slippe igennem.
http://www.softwarepatenter.dk/bellboy.html

> Actual cases in which a "technical contribution" has been found include:
> an invention in which an increase in processing speed in a computer was
> achieved by a new and non-obvious method

Dette må være TargIT-patentet: Kombinationen af en
database-query-optimizer og et neuralt net. Der er med andre ord ikke
noget krav om, at speciel hardware skal være involveret.

> Computer- implemented inventions which meet this condition [being
> technical] are not considered to fall under the exclusion in Article
> 52(2) as they are considered not to relate to programs for computers
> "as such". In fact, the exclusion has been interpreted by the Boards of
> Appeal of the EPO as relating to those computer-implemented inventions
> which have no technical character.

Det er simpelthen noget svineri. Nu henviser man til EPO som autoritativ
kilde. Det er da indlysende, at EPO ikke er neutrale. De meler deres egen
kage.

Jeg er nået til side 8. Nu vil jeg ikke læse mere: Jeg bliver simpelthen
alt for frustreret. Hvis dette bliver gennemført, så har vi tabt.


/Ole
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