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Final judgment in the case of Unitedprint v. Vistaprint
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| The German Federal Patent Court ruled to rescind Vistaprint’s controversial
| software patent, subject to paragraphs 99(1) PatG [Patent Act] and 709 ZPO
| [Code of Civil Procedure]. The verdict is now official and the judgment in
| question was published by the Court on March 25, 2009.
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| The spokesperson from unitedprint.com SE, Andrea Fleischer stated: "The
| software sector can now breathe a sigh
| of relief.
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http://www.pr-inside.com/final-judgment-in-the-case-of-r1150874.htm
Recent (joke):
FFII and EPO announce "Binaries-As-Prior-Art"
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| After years of confidential work, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the
| Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) today announce a
| radical way to improve software patent quality: Binaries-As-Prior-Art, or
| BAPA. BAPA combines a database of billions of compiled computer programs
| ("binaries") with a powerful Cloud search engine that can find any invention
| in microseconds.
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http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/FFII_and_EPO_announce_%22Binaries-As-Prior-Art%22
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