The BMJ has responded today - quite modern via e-mail sent PDF
- to my fax on the topic of software patents on 25.2. answered. Unfortunately, I cannot really feel reassured by the content, especially since the content of the BMJ letter, in my opinion, clearly deviates from the position of the Federal Minister for Economics and Labour, who, for example, also considers procedures for efficient data storage to be patentable - which are pure software patents.
Similarly, there is a conflict with the actual practice of the EU Patent Office: this does indeed grant non-technical patents, as can be seen from the absurd patent on the g eographic separation of data records by vehicle registration numbers, which has just failed in court (but only under current law!). Under a patent grant change as Clement envisages (and which, according to the BMJ, should not actually exist and would not happen) such a patent might be viable.
Of course, there is still no answer to my fax to Clement, which was only at the beginning of this month, it will certainly be April before an answer arrives ...