Commission says the Community Patent is all about Software Patents http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-139537/commission-says-the-community-patent-is-all-about-software-patents Posts in the discussion thread "Commission says the Community Patent is all about Software Patents" - The European Commission has issued a communication asking for the creation of the Community Patent in order for "ICT companies to protect their inventions in the single market". Large companies were rejecting the software patent directive, aiming to validate software patents via the Community Patent and skip the debate about patentable subject matter. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:10:39 +0000 http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-139537#post-420788 Commission says the Community Patent is all about Software Patents http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-139537/commission-says-the-community-patent-is-all-about-software-patents#post-420788 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:01:07 +0000 zoobab 2946 The European Commission has issued a communication asking for the creation of the Community Patent in order for "ICT companies to protect their inventions in the single market".

The IPR system also needs to be improved by the creation of a Community patent for innovative ICT companies to protect their inventions in the single market.

It is pretty clear that the patent lobby seeks to validate software patents via a central patent court. Large companies were rejecting the software patent directive, aiming to validate software patents via the Community Patent and skip the debate about patentable subject matter:

NSP: Does the Community Patent restart the debate over patents for computer-implemented inventions (software patents)? Why or why not?

Pilch: It restarts the push for software patents, without a debate.[…] The Community Patent plan doesn't even mention the subject of software, although, make no mistake about it, software patentability is one of the main drivers of these plans.

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