There are no software patents (or algorithms) in Europe, as far as I know. On 8/28/07, Anthony Sorace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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). >
-- - curiosity sKilled the cat
