Software-Related Patents:
Finland
copyright 1997 Donald M. Cameron, Aird & Berlis
updated April, 1997
Contents
Statutes
Finland joined the EPC on March 1, 1996. The Finnish Patent Law has been amended to make it compatible with the EPC . Section 1 of the Finnish Patent Act conforms to Article 52(2) of the EPC . Programs per se are not patentable, but technical methods carried out by a computer program are patentable.
Regulations
The Finnish patent examiners unofficially follow the guidelines for examination of the
EPO.
Case Law
There is no case law that deals specifically with the patentability of software.
Acknowlegements
Thanks to Antti Peltonen of Kolster Oy AB, Iso Roobertinkatu 23, PL 148 P.O. Box, Helsinki, Finland, 00121
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