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Tenovis and European Software Patents

Tenovis is a fairly old and not very well known large company with US background with 6000 employees in Germany. They advertise themselves as innovators and seem to be proud of their patent portfolio. Their patent lawyer was one of the 7 patent lawyers took part in the Bitkom (german software industry association) patent lawyer workgroup, presided by IBM patent lawyer Fritz Teufel, that decided Bitkom's position on the EU directive proposal. Tenovis is not one of the big players in the field, but they do obtain a few software patents each year.

Tenovis Software Patents at the EPO
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Tenovis Software Patents at the EPO

pat	pubdat	invention
ep1420571	2004-05-19	Method and system for determining a higher-ranking calling line identification
ep1424816	2004-05-06
ep1388995	2004-02-11	Assignment of a default minimum service profile for terminals of an IP-PBX
ep1341364	2003-08-14
ep1333640	2003-08-06	Method to configure and to register applications in a telecom network
ep1329833	2003-07-23	Internet-based method for transmission of messages and apparatus for carrying out the method
ep1280321	2003-01-29	Method and apparatus for extracting a subscriber information from a graphic output device
ep1274215	2003-01-08	Method for transfering operation data of a private branch exchange and private branch exchange
ep1267520	2002-12-18	Method and service system for managing an object which is connected to a telecommunications- or datanetwerk
ep1227398	2002-07-31	Method and device for analysis of installation and de-installation correctness of Windows programs on a PC
ep1221804	2002-07-10	Method and apparatus for forwarding voice recorded messages
ep1217813	2002-06-26	Processor controlled switching system with supplementary service features and method for controlling and using supplementary service features
ep1211876	2002-06-05	Method for forwarding a telephone call and a data record in a call center
ep1215872	2002-04-04	Call diversion method for telecommunication terminal has speech memory for providing voice mailbox facility
ep1185117	2002-03-06	Method for transmitting information data inside a telephone system
ep1168882	2002-01-02	Method of access authentication for dial-in into a telecommunication device via a PSS1/QSIG link
ep1152566	2001-11-07	Method for setting up a secure connection and communications terminal therefore
ep1130876	2001-09-05	Method for modeling a communication protocol
ep1120980	2001-08-01	Method for configuring a switching exchange
ep1061671	2000-12-20	Method of control of data streams of terminals in central controlled communication systems

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Annotated Links

Tenovis website
Bitkom: Voice of IT corporate patent lawyers in Germany: The German Information and Telecomunication Industry Association Bitkom, one of the influential members of the European EICTA.org, began in 2001 to get involved in questions of patent policy. The activity was conducted in a closed circle of patent lawyers, dominated by IBM's european patent deparment head Fritz Teufel. This circle published a first statement in support of the CEC/BSA directive proposal in spring 2002 after adoption by the meeting between 7 patent lawyers of large corporations, held by the IP workgroup under the presidence of Teufel. This workgroup later published a survey which tries to demonstrate that the software industry wants patents. This survey was used for supporting talks with politicians for many month before the survey was finally published, after we had reported about it. The survey does not show what its authors claim it shows.