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: Current AwarenessEuropean patent body will issue definitive ruling on software patents - OUT-LAW.com
By sally
“The European Patent Office (EPO) has asked its ultimate legal authority to look at the European Patent Convention (EPC) and issue advice on the patentability of software. The EPO said that such advice was necessary to ensure the uniform application of the EPC.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com

Full post as published by Current Awareness on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).
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