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* [http://eupat.ffii.org/akteure/teufel/index.en.html Fritz Teufel], patent department head of IBM in Germany and Europe | * [http://eupat.ffii.org/akteure/teufel/index.en.html Fritz Teufel], patent department head of IBM in Germany and Europe | ||
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Revision as of 11:26, 15 June 2009
IBM is one of the biggest lobbyist for software patents (along with Microsoft), as can be seen in their amicus brief for the EPO's software patent consultation in April 2009.
IBM is however against business method patents (such as the patent at the heard of the in re Bilski case in the USA).[1]
Selection of patents held
- Real-Time Validation of Text Input Fields Using Regular Expression Evaluation During Text Entry, Slashdot story, 2009
Patent pledges
Key people
- Fritz Teufel, patent department head of IBM in Germany and Europe
See also
- Open Invention Network - of which IBM is a member
