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- Book Title
- Software and Patents in Europe
- Publication Date
- 2007-10-18
- ISBN
- 9780521868396
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521868394
ISBN-13
9780521868396
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59954879
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Software and Patents in Europe
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Intellectual Property / Patent, Intellectual Property / General, Intellectual Property / Copyright
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law
Series
Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-271497
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
Series Number 9
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
346.240486
Table Of Content
Introduction; 1. Software as machine; 2. Software as software; 3. Policy arguments; 4. Software patent examination; 5. Holding the line: algorithms, business methods and other computing ogres; 6. The third way: between patent and copyright?; 7. Conclusion: dealing with and harmonising 'radical' technologies.
Synopsis
By repackaging software as a 'device', patent attorneys have succeeded in getting protection for their clients. This text argues that this approach by the Patent Offices makes it difficult for competitors to assess what has been protected. If software is being protected, it should be examined and assessed as such., The computer program exclusion from Article 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) proved impossible to uphold as industry moved over to digital technology, and the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Organisation (EPO) felt emboldened to circumvent the EPC in Vicom by creating the legal fiction of 'technical effect'. This 'engineer's solution' emphasised that protection should be available for a device, a situation which has led to software and business methods being protected throughout Europe when the form of application, rather than the substance, is acceptable. Since the Article 52 exclusion has effectively vanished, this text examines what makes examination of software invention difficult and what leads to such energetic opposition to protecting inventive activity in the software field. Leith advocates a more programming-centric approach, which recognises that software examination requires different strategies from that of other technical fields.
LC Classification Number
KJE2725
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