Title: Patenting software under the European Patent Convention /
Authors: Beresford, Keith.
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell,
Year: 2000
Subjects: European Patent Convention; Computer programs Patents; Software protection Law and legislation Europe.; Computer programs Patents.; Computer software Europe Patents.; Patent laws and legislation Europe.
Contents: The European patent system and the definition of invention -- Technical features and technical effects in software -- Claim formulation to obtain grant -- Claim formulation for maximum protection -- Supporting the claims by the description -- Examples of granted software patents -- Special topic I : user interfaces -- Special topic II : software for generating computer programs -- Special topic III : the rejected document processing cases -- Special topic IV : business model patents and e-commerce -- Postcript.