alt Hacker NewsSoftware patents is not a thing in EU.
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amelius • yesterday at 10:47 PM
I said design patents:
IshKebab • yesterday at 10:15 PM
They absolutely are. That's a myth.
But also software patents and design patents are totally different things.
Software patents is not a thing in EU.
I said design patents:
They absolutely are. That's a myth.
But also software patents and design patents are totally different things.
Very much is. "Software programs, as such" are exempt in the EPC article 52. However if the software program interacts with the world - if it has a "further technical effect" - it is patentable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_Eur...