Question on IDEA

[David Shaw]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 07:43:31PM -0700, David Pic=F3n =C1lvarez wrote:

> Maybe this is off-topic, in which case I apologize. My question is
> the following:
>=20
> Isn't it so that algorithms aren't patentable in EU? Or at least the
> patents can't be enforced? If so, how come IDEA is patented? If not,
> could anyone explain what the patent situation is or point me
> somewhere to find out?

http://www.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/pgp-faq-general-questions.html#paten=
t-idea

David

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