Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
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Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#2I haven’t heard about this Unitary Patent Court. Is this a new judicial body in the EU? Where does it’s position rank compared to other EU judicial bodies?
The article seems to be written for those (legislators) who would already know the background
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#3Aren't other countries that have already ratified UP in violation of those agreements, too? I.e., how is this about Germany in particular and not about the European patent system itself?
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#4I haven’t heard about this Unitary Patent Court. Is this a new judicial body in the EU? Where does it’s position rank compared to other EU judicial bodies? The article seems to be written for those (legislators) who would already know the background
> I haven’t heard about this Unitary Patent Court.
That's probably intentional.
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#5Aren't other countries that have already ratified UP in violation of those agreements, too? I.e., how is this about Germany in particular and not about the European patent system itself?
Because it's a letter addressed to members of Bundesrat. It's not an article about the issue in general.
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#6Aren't other countries that have already ratified UP in violation of those agreements, too? I.e., how is this about Germany in particular and not about the European patent system itself?
The software patent directive of 2005 was rejected at the request for multinationals (IBM, Philips, Microsoft, etc...) who pushed for a central patent instead.
Some other countries have ratified, some like Spain, Poland, Czech republic have stayed away for different reasons, like languages and higher costs of litigation for small companies.
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#7As a german i am quite sure they will ratify software patents. The very sad part is the people deciding this have absolutely no understanding what they are doing and that they open the box of pandora.
There is currently almost no invest money in european startups, and if everyone of these startups is liable for bogus software patents they will have absolutely no chance on getting big.
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#8This was what I feared when I voted against the Unitary Patent. I really hope someone manages to prevent software from becoming patentable in Europe.
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#9The law itself makes sense in my opinion, but the way it was introduced makes the self declaration as being democratic a cheap farce.
I doubt the EU will survive in its current state. 10 years ago that would have made me sad. There are enthusiasts, but not enough to make it work.
Re: Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
#10But only in a "limited and specific" way, so that's okay [UK in-joke]
At least we're not the only country wanting to violate international agreements at present