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| − | {{navbox}}The [[European Patent Office]] (EPO) grants thousands of [[software patents]] every year, but denies granting any. This page lists some software patents they've granted.
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| − | ==The EPO's public denial== | |
| − | Here's an example of a public statment from the EPO. This is from 2009:
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| − | ''The EPO does not grant "software patents". The term itself is a misleading concept. Under the EPC a computer program claimed as such is not a patentable invention (Art. 52(2)(c) and (3) EPC). Inventions involving computer programs that implement business, mathematical or similar methods and do not produce technical effects (e. g. because they solve a business problem rather than a technical one) are not patentable, and no patents will be granted for such inventions in Europe.<ref>http://www.epo.org/topics/issues/computer-implemented-inventions/software.html (see page 12 of the linked PDF document)</ref>
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| − | ==Examples of granted software patents==
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| − | The following are chosen among many for being as obviously ''software'' as possible:
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| − | * EP249293 - pop-out-context-menu, , granted to [[Philips]]
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| − | * EP769170 - trapping viruses[http://eupat.ffii.org/patents/samples/ep769170/index.en.html]
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| − | * EP803105 and EP738446 - selling things online
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| − | * [http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=EP&NR=618540&KC=&FT=E EP0618540] - the long filenames patent from [[Microsoft's FAT patents]]
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| − | ==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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| − | * [[Computer-implemented inventions]]
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| − | * [[European Patent Convention]]
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| − | * [[The Patented Webshop]]
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| − | * [[UPLS]] - a proposal from the [[European Commission]] which would create a centralised patent court that would probably uphold the EPO's software patents
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| − | * [[Do software patents exist in my area]]?
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| − | * [[Software patents exist in Europe, mostly]]
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| − | * [[EPO EBA referral G3-08]] - EPO's internal review of software patents, reached no conclusion:
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| − | ** [http://news.swpat.org/2010/05/epo-patents-review-inadmissible/ EPO rules own software patents review inadmissible]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/businessmethods/epoexamples/ Examples of granted European business method patents], 2004, by Arnoud Engelfriet (see: [[Business method patents]])
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