Computer-implemented inventions: The journey from source code to a European patent
Patent attorney Mr. Borys Hagemann from the Munich patent law firm Schiweck Weinzierl Koch is going to talk about the latest development in computer-implemented inventions: the three traps (fallacies) on the path to computer patents.
Date: 12 May 2015
Time: 15:00
Venue: Weicker Building -Room B001 Ground floor, 4 rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
A computer-implemented invention is one that involves the use of a computer. As simple as this legal definition of European patent practice may sound, protecting inventions of this kind may prove far from that. Is a computer-implemented invention as defined by the European Patent Office equivalent to software? If not, what is the difference? Is any method executable on a piece of hardware eligible for a patent? These are only some of the questions that will be answered. Based on a discussion of recent case law relating to computer implemented inventions, the talk will focus on “technical character” which is a fundamental requirement for all inventions according to European patent law. The overall aim is to provide practical guidance on how to determine whether what you are working on may be something that in principle may be patented.
