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| + | ===Articles=== | ||
| + | * http://www.esr-pollmeier.de/swpat/intro.html | ||
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| + | ===See also=== | ||
| + | * [[Who decides if software patents exist]] | ||
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| + | ==Case law== | ||
| + | ===Digital Circuits=== | ||
| + | * Full name: [http://www.ip-agents.de/Lawyer/Rulings/Patent-Rights/inter/BGH-Softwarepatente/BGH-Softwarepatente_digitale-Schaltungen.html X ZB 11/98 – Digital Circuits], 13th December 1999 | ||
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| + | This important ruling introduced the test of "''controllable natural forces''". | ||
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| + | This [[legal wording]] was used in the EU by the anti-swpat campaign in September 2003. | ||
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| + | ===External links=== | ||
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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 | ||
| + | * [https://www.ffii.de/wiki/FallVistaPrint FFII wiki about the Vistaprint case (in German)] | ||
| + | * [https://www.ffii.de/wiki/Urteile FFII wiki listing software patent cases, most in German courts (in German)] | ||
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* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/patent_crackdown_at_cebit/ 180 German police perform raid regarding software patents] | * [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/patent_crackdown_at_cebit/ 180 German police perform raid regarding software patents] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Patent office practice by region|Germany]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Case law by region|Germany, Case law in]] | ||
| + | [[Category:EPC signatories with relevant subject matter case law|Germany, Case law in]] | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 9 June 2009
Contents
Legislation
Patent office practice
To be added.
Articles
See also
Case law
Digital Circuits
- Full name: X ZB 11/98 – Digital Circuits, 13th December 1999
This important ruling introduced the test of "controllable natural forces".
This legal wording was used in the EU by the anti-swpat campaign in September 2003.
External links
- FFII page about a 1976 BGH decision, which also has a handful of other good links near the top
- FFII wiki about the Vistaprint case (in German)
- FFII wiki listing software patent cases, most in German courts (in German)
