This article contains a selection of sections from the “Board of Appeal and Enlarged Board of Appeal Case Law 2010”, as published in Special Edition Number 2 of the Official Journal of the European Patent Office. The selected sections all bear relevance to the subject of computer-implemented inventions. The sections have only been slightly reformatted for this site; the contents has been left untouched. This year the following chapters have been selected: Part II, Chapter I.A 1.2 Examination of subject-matter or activities under Article 52 EPC, 2. Non-inventions under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC, and part of Chapter I.D 4. Treatment of technical and non-technical features.

Patent Absurdity The Free Software Foundation, producer Jamie King, and director Luca Lucarini created a documentary style film titled Patent Absurdity on the patentability of software. People being interviewed are notable opponents of software patents such as Richard Stallman, James Bessen, and Michael Meurer. The only proponents being given attention are the inventors of Bilsi and their patent attorney. This produces a rather unilateral view of the issue of software patents, which does the discussion no justice.