German high court declares all software potentially patentable

“In a nutshell:

* After a landmark court ruling, the German perspective on the
validity of software patents is now closer than ever to that of the
US.

* Basically, Germany has now had its own Bilski case — with the
worst possible outcome for the opponents of software patents.

* Recently, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent
Office upheld that approach to software patents as well,
effectively accepting that a computer program stored on a medium
must be patentable in principle.

* Defense strategies such as the Defensive Patent License are
needed now more than ever.”

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