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EU & US Patent "Syncing"

Posted by Hemos on Wednesday August 8, 2001 @07:05AM from the like-a-palmpilot-sync dept.

Christian Treczoks writes "Software patents are threatening Europe, too. The EC said "we want software patents to harmonize with the US", but the public - private persons and small to medium businesses - objected. So they made an "Analysis" of the replies. Effectively, 91% are against patenting software, but, as the majority of the proponents are important business figures, it's a draw. " Mmmm...corporate interests. "Fun".

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Re:Patents are bad for (some) big businesses too by Ded+Bob · 2001-08-08 07:42 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Too bad more big corps aren't politicized AGAINST sw patents.

I could have sworn Oracle (or was it Cisco) was against patents. It claimed to only obtain patents for defensive purposes.