Wie Patente der Software-Industrie schaden können

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Abstract:

A short overview is given (in German) of the most important views of the website []. It touches on the non-patentability of software, and the practice of the European Patent Office to grant software patents. It is suggested that software patents are a threat to the software industry, referring to the high costs of litigation to have a granted patent revoked. The European Patent Litigation Agreement and the Community Patent are mentioned in the sideline.

Notes:

The author only provides views of its apparent source, []. As the name of the website already suggests, this website opposes software patents. The situation described is mainly the situation as it was around the time the EU directive on the patentability of software was still an issue.