[OSM-talk] It's all over! (patent fun)

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Tom Chance wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:30:13 +0000, Nick Whitelegg
> <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Software patents are illegal in Europe though are they not?
> 
> Not exactly, the law was never formalised either way after our victory in
> the EU Parliament a couple of years ago. That is, they're not strictly and
> clearly permitted, but they're also not strictly and clearly ruled out!

Under the old law, they were "per se" illegal, but the European patent
office (and possibly some national patent offices) issued them anyway.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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