[Discussioni] Ricerca del governo tedesco: no ai brevetti sul sw

[Antonio Memo]

Non so se e' passata.
Una ricerca del ministero tedesco per l'economia e la tecnologia sconsiglia 
l'adozione dei brevetti sul software in Europa.
http://idg.net/ic_728975_1794_9-10000.html

<<A study commissioned by the German Ministry of Economics and Technology 
has recommended that software patents, which are legal in the U.S., should 
not be allowed in Europe.
The experts warned that a high rate of innovation, interoperability, and 
the continued development of the open-source model would be jeopardized if 
Europe adopted a rule allowing the widespread patenting of computer 
programs, the ministry said in a statement released Thursday.
European Commission officials are expected to unveil soon a draft law 
harmonizing software patent regulations within the European Union, which 
remain a patchwork of different rules among the 15 member states. Current 
E.U. regulations forbid the patenting of software on a European level, a 
position fiercely defended by activists on the continent.
The German experts, from the renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and 
Innovation Research and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and 
International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, surveyed 263 German 
enterprises and individual developers in the software area, and compared 
patent law in the Europe, the U.S., and Japan.
Even under the more restrictive European patent practice, the study authors 
called for reforms increasing the efficiency of the patent process, and 
lowering costs for smaller and medium-sized enterprises. Many of these 
companies have complained that the expense of registering patents gives an 
unfair advantage to large corporations.
The researchers called, however, for a rapid harmonization of patent law on 
the E.U. level, "even, if possible, at the level of the World Trade 
Organization.">>

Per i tedescofoni l'annuncio stampa in tedesco:
http://www.bmwi.de/Homepage/Presseforum/pressemitteilungen/2001/1b15prm2.src 
?url=Homepage/Presseforum/pressemitteilungen/2001/1b15prm2.jsp&SB=patent&hos 
t=www.bmwi.de

ciao

p.s. a riguardo e' stato consultato il team di sviluppo di gimp 
(http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/msg00842. 
html) e non penso solo loro.
p.p.s. esiste anche una ricerca del mit che compara il sistema 
europeo/statunitense/giapponese 
(http://www.ficpi.org/ficpi/library/gwoodcet/GB01-CET1701.html non ho link 
migliori)

                            Antonio Memo

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