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EPO EBoA referral G3-08

Revision as of 10:24, 14 May 2010 by Ciaran (talk | contribs) (moved EPO EBA referral G3-08 to EPO EBoA referral G3-08: everyone else abbreviates it as EBoA)
Breaking news: EPO rules own software patents review inadmissible

In October 2008, the president of the European Patent Office referred question "G3/08" - also called the Brimelow referral - to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeals. The purpose was to ask for clarifications for interpreting the exclusion of "programs for computers" from patentability under Article 52 of the European Patent Convention.[1] As part of the referral process, a public consultation was held which ended on April 30th 2009.[2]

You can see the submitted briefs here: Briefs submitted to EPO EBA G3-08.

For the previous discussions on how best to reply to the public consultation (now closed), see EPO G3-08 brainstorming.

Questions of partiality

One amicus brief questioned the partiality of the board,[3] but the EPO disagreed and decided not to change the composition of the board.[4]

External links

epo.org links

After receiving the responses to the consultation, the EPO published information to repeat its claim that it doesn't grant software patents:

Third-party articles

Reactions to the May 2010 decision

References