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9780521868396: Software and Patents in Europe
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ISBN 10 : 0521868394 ISBN 13 : 9780521868396
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Philip Leith is Professor of Law at The Queen's University of Belfast.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521868394
ISBN 13 
9780521868396
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
214
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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