From what I can tell (the translation isn't perfect), one of the patents BlackBerry sued them over is being able to "email entire chat history". Also, "switching from one chat to another" and "friend proposals".<p>Lmao. This stuff is ridiculous. I'm so glad my country (India) doesn't have software patents.<p>Edit: so I looked it up, and the software patent situation is kinda weird here:<p>> Software Patents in India is granted for an embedded software in a mobile application, and/or software plus hardware combination. However, patent law in India does not allow patent protection for software per se, whereby patenting a computer program is prohibited.
Clickbait title. They are not banned. Blackberry won a patent case but there is no reason the apps can't be changed.<p>(Current HN thread title: "Court Bans Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram in Germany")
Anyone knows wat’s the state of software patent laws at the european parliement ?<p>I remember they tried to create some laws that would be enforceable in all countries of the union, but i’m not clear on what’s the situation now.<p>I’m actually pretty surprise software patent exist in germany.. i was pretty sure europe was software-patente free..
The DeepL translation is a bit easier to read: <a href="https://pastebin.com/raw/8PngEFcs" rel="nofollow">https://pastebin.com/raw/8PngEFcs</a>
Software patents shouldn’t even be a thing. Actually there shouldn’t be any patents at all.<p>They only hinder development. If someone comes up with a solution/product/whatever that is better than the original, they should be able to create that.<p>If this harms the original creator they’ll be forced to keep up and make their own thing better again.<p>Competition is always good. It makes people strive to be better.