The Association For Free Software is interested in this topic, but is currently deciding what action to take. I suspect this campaign will be discussed at the next meeting, but I'd invite everyone to discuss it on the fsfe-uk@gnu.org mailing list now. http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
Once again, how do we move forward in the most effective manner?
MJR
Subject: [Fwd: [Free-sklyarov-uk] Patent office calling for comments] From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o?= Miguel Neves joao@silvaneves.org Date: 15 Mar 2002 12:07:49 +0000 To: discussion@fsfeurope.org
I received this message on another mailing-list. I would ask people from the UK to help there patent office on this issue.
[...] To: free-sklyarov-uk@xenoclast.org From: Jim Peters jim@uazu.net Subject: [Free-sklyarov-uk] Patent office calling for comments Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:59:17 +0000
Probably other people have also received this in their E-mail today if they were involved in the patent consultation thing a while back, but I'll quote it here for anyone else to see.
I'm suspecting this might be a little off-topic, but it seems related to what we're working with ...
Jim
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -=20 The Patent Office Official responsible: Robin Webb Direct line: 01633 813722 Concept House Fax: 01633 814922 Cardiff Road E-mail: robin.webb@patent.gov.uk Newport South Wales NP10 8QQ
Central Enquiry Unit: 08459 500 505 Text Phone: 08459 222 250
E-NOTICE IPPD/16/2002
14 March 2002
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE ON THE=20 PATENTABILITY OF COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED INVENTIONS
In March last year the Government published its conclusions on whether patents should be granted for computer software or ways of doing business, following a consultation exercise. The central conclusion was "to reaffirm the principle that patents are for technological innovations. Software should not be patentable where there is no technological innovation, and technological innovations should not cease to be patentable merely because the innovation lies in software." But an urgent need to clarify the law was identified. Ways of doing business should remain unpatentable. The Government's conclusions are available at
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/conclusions.htm
Since then the Government has been pressing the case for action at European level, and last month the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for a directive, available at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/indprop/02-277.htm
The Patent Office invites views on how far the proposal for a directive meets the objectives set out in the Government's conclusions. In particular, we would welcome comments on:
* whether the proposal is clear; * whether it deals clearly and satisfactorily with computer-implemented business methods where the inventive step is in the business method; * the treatment of the form of claim, in relation in particular to claims for programs.
We would welcome comments by Friday 7 June. These should be emailed to policy@patent.gov.uk or posted to:
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