Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:25:59 -0600 | From | "Jeffrey V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Versioning file system |
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/fetch.jsp?LANG=ENG&DBSELECT=PCT&SERVER_TYPE=19&SORT=1211506-KEY&TYPE_FIELD=256&IDB=0&IDOC=1205953&C=10&ELEMENT_SET=IA,WO,TTL-EN&RESULT=1&TOTAL=3&START=1&DISP=25&FORM=SEP-0/HITNUM,B-ENG,DP,MC,PA,ABSUM-ENG&SEARCH_IA=US2005045566&QUERY=%28IN%2fmerkey%29+ >> >>The last one was filed with WIPO and has international protection, UK >>included. >> >> > >Nope. EU and UK law does not recognize software as patentable. See the >caselaw. > >
Thanks for clarifying Alan, I was uncertain about current patent laws in the UK and abroad. I know this area has undergone considerable debate and changes recently, and I have not been keeping up with all of it.
Jeff
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