The patentability of software, computer programs and computer-implemented inventions under the European Patent Convention (EPC) is the extent to which...

jurisdictions. Software patents under multilateral treaties: Software patents under TRIPs Agreement Software patents under the European Patent Convention Computer...

United States Software patent Software patent debate Software patents under the European Patent Convention Software patents under TRIPs Agreement Limitations...

The European Patent Convention (EPC), also known as the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, is a multilateral treaty instituting...

patents encourage the transfer of mechanical technology, which may apply more broadly. Software patents resulting from the production of patentable ideas...

origin of the much debated Article 52(2) and (3) EPC (see Software patents under the European Patent Convention (EPC) and Article 52 EPC). The computer...

(cf. software patents under the European Patent Convention). The directive also took on the role of excluding "business methods" from patentability (in...

of software patents, which contains notable patents and patent applications involving computer programs (also known as a software patent). Software patents...

Neither computers nor software are specifically mentioned in the Canadian Patent Act. Canadian courts have held that the use of a computer in an invention...

Proposed EU Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions Idea-expression divide Software Patents in Europe, Chairman's Opening Remarks...

patent debate – Software patents and free software – Software patents under the European Patent Convention – Software patents under TRIPs Agreement –...

by the EPO is not a single or unitary European Union patent or uniformly recognised Europe-wide patent, but a bundle of national patents. Patents granted...

granting of patents involving software (often referred to as "software patents") is controversial and also hotly debated (see Software patent debate). Although...

a number of European Union directives and regulations. For some states in Eastern Europe, the Eurasian Patent Convention applies. Patents having effect...

and the Patent Cooperation Treaty Software patents under the European Patent Convention Software patents under TRIPs Agreement Software patents under United...

that patents cause problems for free software. Leading open-source figures and companies have complained that software patents are overly broad and the USPTO...

nations to have patents declared invalid. United Kingdom patents can be reviewed by way of a non-binding opinion issued by the Patent Office, or by formal...

have a technical character to be patentable. See for example Software patents under the European Patent Convention. The maximum period during which it can...

During the grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO), divisional applications can be filed under Article 76 EPC out of pending earlier European...

Business method patents are a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business. This includes new types of e-commerce, insurance...

method patent claims are possible in the US, although the case law in the area is still evolving (see Software patents under United States patent law)....

of patents. Particular types of patents for inventions include biological patents, business method patents, chemical patents and software patents. Although...

"utility patents" in the U.S.), plant patents, and design patents, each of which can have their own substantive and procedural rules. A standard patent application...

of European patents (regular European patents unless they were opted out and unitary patents). A single court ruling is directly applicable in the member...

The history of patents and patent law is generally considered to have started with the Venetian Statute of 1474. There is some evidence that some form...

Opposition proceeding. In Europe (under the European Patent Convention), any person may initiate proceedings to oppose a European patent. There is a more limited...

Novelty is one of the patentability requirements for a patent claim, whose purpose is to prevent issuing patents on known things, i.e. to prevent public...

"Apparatus as described in the description" or "An x as shown in Figure y". Omnibus claims are allowed under the European Patent Convention (EPC), but only "when...

Under the European Patent Convention, Article 78(1) EPC provides that a European patent application shall contain any drawings referred to in the description...

out by the EPO under the supervision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. The patents granted in accordance with the EPC are...