EU Software Patent Hearing Report is Online

[ Thanks to Peter Toft, who also submitted this link. ]

Hans Schou writes:

The consultation on patenting of computer-implemented inventions closed on 15 December 2000. The responses were analysed and a report is available on the website of the Directorate-General for the Internal Market at the following location:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/indprop/softpatanalyse.htm.

While no further submissions can be received in respect of that exercise, an on-line forum on the subject has been set up and you are welcome to post any comments you may have there. The forum can be found at the following location:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/indprop/softforum.htm

softanalyse.pdf

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