tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7681775834844959173..comments2024-03-28T08:10:18.991+00:00Comments on The IPKat: It all comes out in the wash: New Zealand grapples with computer programs "as such"Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-2129318632886414382013-05-31T07:03:24.148+01:002013-05-31T07:03:24.148+01:00For more on the background to this change:
http:/...For more on the background to this change:<br /><br />http://sciblogs.co.nz/stick/2013/05/23/software-patents-the-difference-between-excluding-computer-programs-as-such-and-excluding-computer-programs-as-such-2/Doug Calhounnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72090363602052845362013-05-31T02:14:10.621+01:002013-05-31T02:14:10.621+01:00There was no NZ evidence showing there was anythin...There was no NZ evidence showing there was anything wrong with the law on patents for software inventions which have been available since 1995.<br /><br />However, probably no need to worry that a NZ court will see the common law doctrine of precedent as meaning an EPO decision or a civil law court decision should be accorded any pesuasive value.<br /><br />Harking back to the notion of evidence based argument, the NZ anti-cat brigade have yet to produce any other than that relating to feral cats.<br /> Ken Moonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-55594887243100967862013-05-30T10:41:55.641+01:002013-05-30T10:41:55.641+01:00The approach in NZ is almost certainly narrower th...The approach in NZ is almost certainly narrower than in Australia because of the intense lobbying carried out by the open source/anti-software patent lobby in NZ. The new draft patents bill finally hove into view a year or so ago following several decades of 'any moment now' (the current NZ Patents Act dates back to 1955, and is based almost exactly word-for-word on the UK 1949 Act). There was some intense lobbying at the consultation stage from various groups, some of whom clearly had little experience with law, and in particular IP law. Readers might be interested in this decision/commentary on a recent computer-implemented business method http://www.patentbuff.com/Rich Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-82299263083256511192013-05-30T09:30:10.716+01:002013-05-30T09:30:10.716+01:00Considering the kaleidoscopic interpretation of th...Considering the kaleidoscopic interpretation of the "as such" exception by European courts, this is possibly the worst European export to New Zealand since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in_New_Zealand" rel="nofollow">domestic cat</a> (no offence meant to Merpel).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com