On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 01:21:07PM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote:
> >>>Oh, what fun and games to file all the bugs to get the code removed for a
> >>>few years.
> >>
> >>It expires in October anyway.
> >
> >
> >The European patent expires in October 2007.
>
> Does european patent (on software) really exist?
Patent probably exists, but it's not valid at least yet.
You can patent software in Europe but, as far as European Parliament won't
vote patent directive, all those patents are nugatory.
regards
fEnIo
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