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Briefs submitted to EPO EBoA G3-08
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The following is information about briefs submitted in response to the European Patent Office's consultation EPO EBA referral G3-08.
The briefs
| Submitter | lang | Brief | backups | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | en | backup | blah | |
| Accenture | en | backup | blah | |
| AIPLA | en | backup | blah | |
| AIPPI | en | backup | pro-swpat | |
| AIT | en | - | ||
| apeb | en | backup | blah | |
| Apple | en | backup | blah | |
| April | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| ASOLIF | en | backup | blah | |
| Bakels, R. | en | backup | at a glance, not clearly for or against, but the authro is known to be clearly anti-swpat | |
| Balos | en | backup | neither for nor against, doesn't answer the questions | |
| Bayer | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| BIKT et al | de | backup | says swpat are anti-constitutional under German law | |
| Breese | fr | backup | blah | |
| BSA | en | backup | blah | |
| BT | en | backup | blah | |
| BUSINESSEUROPE | en | backup | blah | |
| Butler | en | backup | pro-swpat, I think | |
| CCIA | en | backup | blah | |
| CIPA | en | backup | blah | |
| Canonical | en | b1, b2 | anti-swpat | |
| Combeau | en | backup | mixed | |
| CompTIA | en | backup | blah | |
| Cowsley | en | backup | anti-swpat by intention, but some statements see misinterpretable | |
| Davies | en | backup | blah | |
| De Keyzer | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| DIGITALEUROPE | en | backup | blah | |
| Duhme | en | backup | pro-swpat | |
| E-genius | en | backup | blah | |
| Ealey | en | backup | blah | |
| ECONET | en | b1, b2 | blah | |
| End Software Patents | en | - | anti-swpat | |
| epi | en | backup | pro-swpat, pro-technical but in a weak way | |
| Ericsson | en | backup | blah | |
| Featherwing | en | backup | blah | |
| FFII | en | b1, b2 | blah | |
| FFII-Sweden | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| FICPI | en | backup | blah | |
| France Telecom | fr | backup | blah | |
| FSFE | en | b1b2 | anti-swpat | |
| G-N-U GmbH | de | backup | probably anti-swpat | |
| Groeschel | en | backup | blah | |
| Gustavson | en | backup | anti-swpat, but some statements seem misinterpretable | |
| Hagel | en | backup | blah | |
| Henrion | en | backup | blah | |
| HISPALINUX | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| IBM | en | backup | pro-swpat "novel logic arrangements that can be implemented otherwise than as a computer program are therefore not necessarily excluded by Article 52." | |
| ICC | en | - | ||
| IFSO | en | backup | blah | |
| IIPCT | en | ??? | ? | pro-swpat, a patent consultant writing on behalf of 7 SMEs from the Microsoft lobby community |
| Illuminet | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| intellect | en | backup | pro-swpat | |
| IP Federation | en | backup | blah | |
| IPLA | en | backup | blah | |
| ipulse | en | backup | blah | |
| ITECHLAW | en | backup | blah | |
| IZSGE | en | backup | pro-swpat, but to honest, not to be from an anti-swpatter (??) | |
| Jacob Hallen | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| jCOM1 | en | - | ||
| JIPA | en | - | pro-swpat | |
| Karl | en | backup | blah | |
| Kennington | en | backup | blah | |
| Kiesewetter | en | - | ||
| Knuth, Donald | en | backup | blah | |
| Land | en | backup | blah | |
| Lawrence, William | en | backup | anti-swpat | |
| LESI | en | backup | blah | |
| MCS | en | backup | blah | |
| Markieta | en | backup | blah | |
| Marks Clerk | en | backup | blah | |
| Microsoft + General Electric | en | b1, b2 | blah | |
| Nullmeier, M. | en | backup | unclear, but the author is known to be anti-swpat | |
| Opentia | es | backup | IIRC, rejected because the EPO only accepts English, French, and German[reference needed] | |
| Patentanwaltskammer | de | b1, b2 | blah | |
| Philips | en | backup | pro-swpat | |
| Piratenpartei (Germany) | de | backup | - | |
| Piratpartiet (Sweden) | en | backup | Just a statement, doesn't reply to the questions (but maybe this was the correct position, given that the EBoA eventually found the referral inadmissible) | |
| Pitney Bowes | en | backup | blah | |
| Polish Patent Office | en | backup | blah | |
| Red Hat | en | backup | blah | |
| SAP | en | backup | blah | |
| Schestowitz, Roy | en | backup | blah | |
| Schaechtele | en | backup | blah | |
| Schulz | en | backup | blah | |
| ScriptumLibre | en | backup | unsure. Seemingly anti-swpat, but there are some strange sentences | |
| SIEMENS | en | backup | blah | |
| Silicon Economics | en | backup | blah | |
| SIPF | en | backup | blah | |
| Sterckx | en | backup | Some indications it's anti-swpat, but a collegue tells me it's pro-swpat | |
| Straus, Joseph | en | backup | Says the referral is inadmissible | |
| Sylvestris, T. | en | backup | explains that the referral is inadmissible, contains interesting discussion of previous cases | |
| Synka | en | backup | blah | |
| Thum, Simon | en | backup | anti-swpat, I think | |
| tmp-lab | en | backup | blah | |
| Ung Pirat Sweden + Finnish PP | en | backup | blah | |
| Union European Practitioners | en | b1, b2 | blah | |
| United Kingdom (?) | en | backup | blah | |
| Velok | en | backup | blah | |
| VESPA-ACSOE | en | backup | blah | |
| Villanueva | en | backup | blah | |
| VPP | en | backup | blah | |
| Wessels, A. | en | backup | anti-swpat |
