Re: [9fans] Re: secstore and PAKserver

["Gorka Guardiola" <paurea@gmail.com>]

There are no software patents (or algorithms) in Europe, as far as
I know.

On 8/28/07, Anthony Sorace <anothy@gmail.com> wrote:
> // ...I thought the patent systems were still strictly national.
>
> the patent systems are still national (with some exceptions like the
> complex mess in the EU), but there's nothing to prevent LU (or anyone
> else) filing in multiple jurisdictions. one can submit a single filing
> under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that preserves the priority date,
> but the national phase still has to be completed later in each
> country. without the potential patent holder simply giving you a
> reference, there's no way to tell whether a similar patent exists in
> any particular jurisdiction without doing an explicit search (and
> google's patent search only covers US patents to date).
>


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