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Revision as of 12:11, 20 May 2010
Germany is part of the European Union and is a signatory of the European Patent Convention.
Case law
- (See: Case law in Germany)
Germany has a mixed history of rejecting and, more recently, upholding software patents. Germany is a signatory of the European Patent Convention, so this case law will be influential in most of Europe.
Legislation
Patentable subject matter is defined by the below quoted part of this law: German original: Bekanntmachung der Neufassung des Patentgesetzes, Vom 16. Dezember 1980 (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
(3) Als Erfindungen im Sinne des Absatzes 1 werden insbesondere nicht angesehen:
- 1. Entdeckungen sowie wissenschaftliche Theorien und mathematische Methoden;
- 2. ästhetische Formschöpfungen;
- 3. Pläne, Regeln und Verfahren für gedankliche Tätigkeiten, für Spiele oder für geschäftliche Tätigkeiten sowie Programme für Datenverarbeitungsanlagen;
- 4. die Wiedergabe von Informationen.
(4) Absatz 3 steht der Patentfähigkeit nur insoweit entgegen, als für die genannten Gegenstände oder Tätigkeiten als solche Schutz begehrt wird.
Related pages on ESP Wiki
External links
- http://www.dpma.de - Germany's patent office
- German original: PatentFrei (anti-swpat group, still active in 2010) (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
- Software Patents in Germany, Stefan Bechtold, July 2000
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- 180 German police perform raid regarding software patents
- FFII's page on swpats in Germany
- http://www.esr-pollmeier.de/swpat/intro.html
- http://www.patentfrei.de/
- Industry Standards and the Competition Law Defence Acting Like a 'True Licensee' - about the competition law defence
- Software Patents in Germany - Current Developments, by Stefan Bechtold, July 2000
- German original: ipwiki.de/patentrecht:softwarepatente (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
- German original: de.wikipedia: Softwarepatent#Deutschland (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
- German original: www.swpat.info (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
FFII pages
- FFII page about a 1976 BGH decision, which also has a handful of other good links near the top
- German original: FFII page about the 2002 ruling with "forces of nature" (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
- German original: FFII wiki about the Vistaprint case (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
- German original: FFII wiki listing software patent cases, most in German courts (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)