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[[Category:Court ruling analyses|SAS Institute ruling by EU Court of Justice - 2011]]

Revision as of 00:38, 30 November 2011

There is no ruling yet in ECJ case C-406/10, SAS Institute v. World Programing Ltd, and the case deals with an alleged copyright infringement, not a patent infringement, however, the ECJ's Advocats General (the court's legal advisory body) has made interesting comments. The case was referred to the ECJ by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

Excerpts with implications for patents

57. To accept that a functionality of a computer program can be protected as such would amount to making it possible to monopolise ideas, to the detriment of technological progress and industrial development.

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