Draft directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions: The European Parliament's amendments - have the proposals been wrecked?

EC DRAFT PATENT DIRECTIVE: “I WOULDN’T S

EC DRAFT PATENT DIRECTIVE: “I WOULDN’T START FROM HERE IF I WERE YOU” — INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE IN EUROPE AND THE PROPOSED NEW DIRECTIVE ON COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED INVENTIONS

✍ Trevor Cook 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 88 KB

Everyone agrees that computer software should be protected by intellectual property. But there is no consensus as to how much protection there should be, and by what means it should be given. Copyright seems to protect too little, patents are thought to protect too much, and we have gone too far alo