an anonymous patent lawyer from the patent department of IBM applauds, demands that the current practise of the European Patent Office should be codified, that Art 52 EPC need not be changed, that however the TRIPS agreement requires an interpretation that makes %(q:software technology) patentable while business methods should not be patentable, because they do not constitute a field of technology of their own and they do not contribute to the technical progress of software technology

author: IBM Date of Submission: 2000 files: ibm.pdf and local copy