Switzerland and Software Patents
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News & Chronology
- 2000-11-30 At Diplomatic Conference, only CH and AT delegations insist on deleting "programs for computers" from list of non-inventions in Art 52(2).
2000-09 Swiss Linux user group creates an extra petition beside the http://www.noepatents.org/ petition, tries to persuade Swiss PTO to oppose plans to delete "programs for computers" from list of non-inventions
Outline
- Switzerland is a member of the EPO but not of the EU
Swiss PTO http://www.ige.ch/ has been one of the most radically pro-software-patent institutions in Europe but is operating on an instable basis, similar to situation in Austria
