Hi there, it's me, Bastian Best, European
patent attorney specializing in software
patents in Europe and beyond - and in
this one-minute video clip I want to
share with you the one fundamental thing
you have to understand to navigate the
world of European software patents. And this
is essentially 40 years of case law
condensed into one single sentence:
The invention has to provide a non-obvious
technical contribution. Repeat after me:
A non-obvious technical contribution.
Now what does that mean? It means that
for example if the unique thing about the
invention is really in the business idea,
for example a novel way of selling
advertisements, and the technical
implementation of that idea in software
is trivial, you will not get a software patent
in Europe. On the other hand, if your
software for example runs more
efficiently, more secure, more scalable,
more robust, more user-friendly, and you do
that in a clever way, you're in pretty
good shape. So remember it's all about
the technical contribution. The software,
the invention has to provide a technical
advantage over the prior art.
That's it for now, thanks for watching! If
this was of any help for you, share this
video with all of your colleagues. And
now put away your smartphone, get back to
work and keep innovating! Bye bye!
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