11 Jul
2005
11 Jul
'05
11:19 a.m.
Arpit Sud wrote:
On 7/8/05, V. Sasi Kumar sasi.fsf@gmail.com wrote:
[d]oes this mean that software can be patented?
The countries will have their own laws with respect to the software patents. Now its up to the govt of the european countries whether they allow software patents or not.
Patents in the Europe Union are governed by the European Patent Convention, 1973, that is binding on its member states and it is not possible for the member countries to have their own patent laws. The 1973 convention is often cited as a good example of the co-operation between European nations, and much has been built upon it. Europe is divided on some issues, but this issue is not among them for a fairly long period of time now.