Update of Software Patents Agenda

[Francois PELLEGRINI]

Hello all,

loic at gnu.org wrote:
>         I also realize that the history timeline misses an important
> document : the one in which the European Commission says that there
> should not be software patents. Does such a document exist ? Can
> someone provide reference to it ? How is it named ? I guess it's dated
> before 1973. Or maybe it's implied by another document where the
> European Commission approves the 1973 EPC ? Or the revisde 1991 EPC ?
> Please enlight me ;-)

Easy :

http://www.epo.co.at/epo/dipl_conf/pdf/em00003a.pdf

You will note that the wording of Article 52 keeps the exclusion
of patentability for computer programmes, while version 2 of this
document,

http://www.epo.co.at/epo/dipl_conf/pdf/em00002.pdf

explicitely removes it...


Regards,


					f.p.