Re:Huh? (Score 1)

Sorry, but that's not what is written, even if that's what they want you to believe.

The two conditions are :
- a âtechnical contributionâ(TM)
- a computer-implemented invention

A âtechnical contributionâ(TM) is defined as anything that have a 'technical effect'. In practice, if you ask for a patent lawer or someone from a patent institute (like the INPI in France), a technical effect is something that happens as the goal of your program. This means that an algorithm is not patentable, but an algorithm with a purpose _is_ patentable.

And the computer-implemented invention only means that it is not the software which is patented, but the software combinated with a computer. And the computer doesn't have to be special, it could be any computer. This means that running the software on your computer is infringing on the patent. So, Amazon one-click patent is valid. Also, distributing the software could be considered as giving tools ("fournir les moyens") to infringe the patent.

So no, unfortunately, they just wnat you to believe that the rules are better. But in fact, they are just carefully disguised, and are as bad as the US ones.