Software Patenting (22c3)

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Title: Software Patenting (22c3)
Description: Patent attorneys and a few large corporations advocate patent law as an appropriate protection tool for software development. Most economists, software professionals and SMEs disagree. They believe patent law does not serve market needs. This year the European Parliament rejected a 'Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions'. However, as the European Patent Offices continues to grant them problems remain. Our expert panel with discuss further developments.

about this event: https://hacker-archive.org/assets/22C3/fahrplan/events/593.en.html
originalMediaLink: https://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2005/lectures/video/mp4-avc/320x240/22C3-593-en-software_patenting.m4v
Date Issued: 2005-12-28
Source: https://media.ccc.de/v/22C3-593-en-software_patenting
Beteiligte Person: Tonnerre Lombard, André Rebentisch
Extent: 00:47:19
Type: video/mp4
Tag: 22c3, Society
Abstract: Patent attorneys and a few large corporations advocate patent law as an appropriate protection tool for software development. Most economists, software professionals and SMEs disagree. They believe patent law does not serve market needs. This year the European Parliament rejected a 'Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions'. However, as the European Patent Offices continues to grant them problems remain. Our expert panel with discuss further developments.

about this event: https://hacker-archive.org/assets/22C3/fahrplan/events/593.en.html

Media: https://media.ccc.de/v/22C3-593-en-software_patenting