标题：Comment on published papers for: `Software Patents in Europe: meeting the challenges of harmonisation and development in Europe', Dr Philip Leith
期刊名称：Digital Technology Law Journal
印刷版ISSN：1442-3197
出版年度：1999
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute
摘要：It is clear that there are political pressures growing for the extension of patent rights for computer software in Europe. This conference is a clear statement of this, with the UK's Presidency of the EU being seen as an opportunity to move discussion of protection forward. Certainly, many in the patent world are very keen to have software protected for pragmatic reasons: extra business for both the patent offices - many of whom have suffered from the success of the EPO, and patent attorneys - who may fear the removal of translation fees should the CPC ever take off. As well as these reasons, we can see that the EU has been keen to initiate a new information industry and has seen IPRs as being the essential foundation stone for this industry
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