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Consider a ditch digger. He or she digs a well engineered ditch around a few acres of land and creates an island f On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, adasal wrote: > Ken, the impression you give is that the UK no longer grants software patents. > A search of the UK patent db with just the keyword software in the > title field yields e.g. > > 15 Thread monitoring using > parallel buffers in multithreaded software > Inventor: > DAVID DAVID (IL) Applicant: MOTOROLA INC (US) > > Publication info: GB2421813A - 2006-07-05 > IPC: G06F11/36; G06F11/36 > > ------------------------------------------ > > 16 Content encryption using programmable hardware or configurable software > Inventor: HANKS DARWIN MITCHEL (US); DELORME ALEXANDRA (US) > Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO (US) > Publication info: GB2403314B - 2006-07-12 IPC: G06F21/00; G06F21/00 > > ----------------------------------------- > > 19 Identity based encryption for software distribution > Inventor: SRINIVASA GOPAL R (IN); BATHULA ANIL KUMAR (IN)(+1) > Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO (US) > Publication info: GB2421097A - 2006-06-14 IPC: G06F1/00; G06F1/00 > > ----------------------------------------- > > 20 Integrated electronic signatures for approval of process control > and safety system software objects in my patents list > Inventor: LAW GARY K (US); DEITZ DAVID L (US)(+2) Applicant: > FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC (US) > Publication info: GB2421332A - 2006-06-21 IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F9/445 (+6) > > ----------------------------------- > > 21 Methods, apparatus and software for printing location pattern > and printed material > Inventor: ENCRENAZ MICHEL (ES); LAMMENS JOHAN (ES) Applicant: > HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO (US) > Publication info: GB2420898A - 2006-06-07 IPC: G06K15/02 ; G06K15/12(+2) > > --------------------------------------- > > > 23 Specialization of active software agents in an automated > manufacturing environment > Inventor: MATA GUSTAVO (US); NETTLES STEVEN C (US)(+2) > Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC (US) > Publication info: GB2404458B - 2006-06-14 IPC: G05B19/418 ; G06F9/46 (+6) > > ----------------------------------- > > Just to take a sample from this year. Without looking at the actual > applications, this looks like software to me. What is more to the > point, do you really think that the above such applications shouldn't > be allowed? > I am very enthusiastic about open source and my livelihood depends on > it. Make no mistake, I depend on the collective effort and brilliance > of other people, moreover I can see time and again that large software > monopolies serve no one apart from those who own them. But I do think > that fair effort deserves fair reward. I don't know how to distinguish > when a software patent should be granted and when it shouldn't, but it > is about this point I think the discussion should be focused, not > trying to convince people that s/w patents are no more when, so far as > i can see, that is just not the case. > > Adam > > On 18/07/06, Ken North <kennorth@s...> wrote: > > adasal wrote: > > >> ... Software can be patented in the UK as elsewhere.. At least give the > > references. > > > > "EU: Commission confirms unpatentability of software" > > http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/5611/194 > > > > Noting that, under the new Regulation, computer programmes will be excluded from > > patentability, it declared that patents already granted by the EPO could be > > annulled by either national courts or the European Court of Justice. > > > > Indeed, the Commission's stance reflects reality. In recent months Poland's > > patent office has refused to grant two patents to software protected by the EPO, > > while the High Court of England and Wales ruled that two more granted by the EPO > > were invalid on UK territory. > > > > There's also an earlier question and response about this issue here: > > > > European parliament > > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/omk/sipade3?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+WQ+P-2006-1625+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&L=EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=S&LSTDOC=Y > > > > http://wiki.ffii.org/Gierek060413En > > > > > > ======== Ken North =========== > > www.WebServicesSummit.com > > www.SQLSummit.com > > www.GridSummit.com > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> >
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