On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 01:30:28PM +0100, Reinhard Mueller wrote:
Exactly. All the discussions that the EC should have invalidated the patents are void, because the EC has no control whatsoever over the EPO.
Not void, because EC has control over countries (directives for instance).
That there is *no* other institution that controls and influences the EPO in a democratic way is a severe bug in the system, but you can't blame the EC for that.
Yes you can, EC proposed to legalise software patents, and still pursues that goal through indirect means (like EPLA for instance).
Rui