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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Hilariously bad UKPO software patent decision
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Ciaran O'Riordan |
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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Hilariously bad UKPO software patent decision |
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14 Mar 2006 13:15:24 +0000 |
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Alex Hudson <address@hidden> writes:
> This actually almost makes me want to cry. Glyn Wintle @ FFII-UK pointed
> this out to us:
> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/03/14/java_bytecode_patent_ruling/
It's hard to pick a worst part, but I think this one is mine:
"The invention was almost certainly made at a much earlier stage in the
creative process, before any computer program had been written (or
flowcharts generated) with a view to implementing the invention."
What has the time of implementation got to do with whether the idea is
patentable?
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