Professor Joaquin Seoane, Ramón García Fernández, 2 spanish scientists, say that the problem of triviality in the patent system must be solved before any software patents can be accepted, since the latter tend to be even more trivial and damaging than conventional patents. The authors explain that patent offices show no interest in solving the problem of triviality and that current patent law is not suited to solve it.

author: Seoane & Fernandez Date of Submission: 2000 files: fernandez.pdf and local copy fernandez1.pdf and local copy