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Software patents in Europe: Can non-technical features establish novelty?

European software patents are granted by the EPO for inventions which are novel and involve an inventive step. In the COMVIK decision it was held that inventive step can only be based on technical...

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Software patents in Europe: 7 principles for the patentability of software...

The decision T 0154/04 (Estimating sales activity/DUNS LICENSING ASSOCIATES) of November 15, 2006 is one of the landmark decisions when it comes to the patentability of software inventions at the...

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German #softwarepatent 101: prosecution and enforcement in a nutshell

This post summarizes the prosecution process of German patent applications and the enforcement of German patents. The explanations mostly apply to software-related patents as well as to any other...

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