Should a lucrative business process be patented? In-house lawyers in the US certainly think so, with the practice commonplace across a range of sectors. In Europe, general counsel are split over whether patenting, copyrighting, or keeping it confidential is the right thing to do when implementing a new business process. Charlie Wright reports
July 13, 2005 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The European Parliament this month has given the Computer-Implemented Innovations (CII) Directive its second reading, the elected body addressing a range of apparently insurmountable concerns, including the controversial issue of software patenting.
The Directive, which sought to harmonise patent law across all member states of the European Union (EU), was thrown out by an overwhelming majority of 648 to 14.
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