Re: Brevet, épisode 2: l'attaque des clowns

http://www.europarl.eu.int/meetdocs/committees/juri/20030219/488980en.pdf le draft de la proposition. extraits : Furthermore, an algorithm is inherently non-technical and therefore cannot constitute a technical invention. Nonetheless, a method involving the use of an algorithm might be patentable provided that the method is used to solve a technical problem. However, any patent granted for such a method would not monopolise the algorithm itself or its use in contexts not foreseen in the patent. Bein, moi je trouve algo de compression et je protège toutes solutions ou je sauve de l'espace mémoire ou de bande passante réseau. Maitenant, qu'elle me trouve une autre application où une algo de compression peut servir !! The economic importance of this Directive should not be underestimated. Moreover, studies have shown a link between R&D spending, patent applications and productivity. Intellectual property protection creates and secures jobs in Europe and brings in revenue. Je vous laisses la finesse de la reflexion... Quand la principale "menace" vient des US, on nous sort les indiens ou les chinois :( Exclusions from patentability: A computer-implemented invention shall not be regarded as making a technical contribution merely because it involves the use of a computer, network or other programmable apparatus. Accordingly, inventions involving computer programs which implement business, mathematical or other methods and do not produce any technical effects beyond the normal physical interactions between a program and the computer, network or other programmable apparatus in which it is run shall not be patentable. Ils font ça pour éviter que des méthodes de business ne puissent pas être breveté. Mais il reste le terme "technical effect" qui ne veut rien dire. It is essential to monitor the impact of the patentability of computer-implemented inventions on small and medium-sized undertakings. Sans dec' ? But copyright does not protect the ideas underlying software, what the software does within a machine, or how a machine under software control interacts with its environment. C'est donc bien les idée qu'ils veulent protéger !! Indeed, we would do small and medium-sized European software developers a disservice if we were either to leave matters as they stand, or if we were to attempt to ban all patents for such inventions, thus potentially putting our software developers at a disadvantage when they seek to compete in the US. Parce qu'il n'est pas possible pour un européen de déposer un brevet aux US ??? If the Commission's proposal is rejected, the European Patent Office and its Boards of Appeal would remain the principal arbitrators of the law and there would be nothing to prevent a gradual drift towards the patentability of business methods and the like, as has been witnessed in the United States. En gros, cela veut dire que une autre proposition doit être fait qui enlève définitivement et complètement le "as such" qui permet de breveter des logiciels.

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