Commission says EU-EPLA is the same as EPLA
Representative of the Commission Margot Froehlinger said yesterday during a conference organised by CGPME that the proposed EU-EPLA is nearly the same as the EPLA:
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If EPLA leads to the validation of software patents by central caselaw, how is the EU-EPLA different, quoting UEAPME:
Applying the EPLA to software patents granted by the EPO would create a dangerous body of jurisprudence on an issue which was clearly discarded by the European Parliament and by European stakeholders one year ago.