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==External links==
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* http://www.dpma.de - Germany's patent office
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* {{translate de|url=http://www.patentfrei.de/|title=PatentFrei (anti-swpat group, still active in 2010)}}
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* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=240205 Software Patents in Germany], Stefan Bechtold, July 2000
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* [http://www.bmbf.de/pub/innovationsverhalten_sw-entwicklungsunternehmen.pdf German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)]
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* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/patent_crackdown_at_cebit/ 180 German police perform raid regarding software patents]
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* [http://eupat.ffii.org/gasnu/de/index.en.html FFII's page on swpats in Germany]
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* http://www.esr-pollmeier.de/swpat/intro.html
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* http://www.patentfrei.de/
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* [http://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/detail.aspx?g=abc44bef-50b0-4b0b-8c70-a28d7fa5502a Industry Standards and the Competition Law Defence Acting Like a 'True Licensee'] - about the [[competition law defence]]
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* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=240205 Software Patents in Germany - Current Developments], by Stefan Bechtold, July 2000
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* {{translate de|url=http://www.ipwiki.de/patentrecht:softwarepatente|title=ipwiki.de/patentrecht:softwarepatente}}
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* {{translate de|url=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softwarepatent#Deutschland|title=de.wikipedia: Softwarepatent#Deutschland}}
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* {{translate de|url=http://www.swpat.info/|title=www.swpat.info}}
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===[[FFII]] pages===
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* [http://eupat.ffii.org/papers/bgh-dispo76/ FFII page about a 1976 BGH decision], which also has a handful of other good links near the top
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* {{translate de|url=http://eupat.ffii.org/papers/bpatg17-suche02/index.de.html|title=FFII page about the 2002 ruling with "forces of nature"}}
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* {{translate de|url=http://www.ffii.de/wiki/FallVistaPrint|title=FFII wiki about the Vistaprint case}}
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* {{translate de|url=http://www.ffii.de/wiki/Urteile|title=FFII wiki listing software patent cases, most in German courts}}
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[[Category:Germany]]
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[[Category:Countries and regions]]
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[[Category:Patent office practice by region]]
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[[Category:EPC signatories with relevant subject matter case law|Germany, Case law in]]
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[[Category:European Union member states]]
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[[Category:European Patent Convention signatories]]

Revision as of 15:31, 29 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

FFII pages