two french patent lawyers explain that Art 52.2c EPC owes its existence to misunderstandings or to a limited understanding of computers in the 70s and should be deleted. Innovative SMEs need software patents to access venture capital. Software should be patentable, but not in the form of function claims, only of means of achieving a result. Special considerations may have to be taken for interoperability.

auteur: Alain Michelet Date of Submission: 2000 fichiers: michelet.pdf et copie locale