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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

the legislation of biological patents among certain countries under the jurisdiction of the European Patent Organisation. It allows for the patenting...

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

"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...