"It is expected that third parties will wish to use the opportunity to file written statements in accordance with Article 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (OJ EPO 2007, 303 ff). To ensure that any such statements can be given due consideration they should be filed together with any new cited documents by the end of April 2009 at the Registry of the Enlarged Board of Appeal, quoting case number G 3/08. An additional filing of the statement and documents in electronic form would be appreciated"
Dg3registry_eba @ epo.org
You should snail mail the your statement too as that e-mail address is complementary as said.
Email seems to be the "additional" way send statements, as commented by annonymous on IPKat:
" It follows from these requirements that a document only sent by e-mail does not, at present, appear to fulfill the conditions of "filing a written statement" in the meaning of the EPC."
My previous answer needs some refinements before i post it... though. Comments appreciated!
UPDATE 20090305: EPO Questions OCR:ed and commented at FFII
UPDATE2: EPO seems to have updated its software patents page and replaced moderate texts with pro patent politics. The EPO patent extremists are running wild on:
http://www.epo.org/topics/issues/computer-implemented-inventions/software.html
Compare this with the previous information, still available at:"According to some, granting patents for computer-implemented inventions stimulates innovation because the financial and material investment that is needed to develop sophisticated and specialized software is protected. Others, however, believe that such patents stifle competition and act as a brake on innovation."
http://web.archive.org/web/20070205233052/http://cii.european-patent-office.org/
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