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EU Moves Towards Single European Patent Standard

Posted by michael on from the patent-leather dept.

theodp writes "A European Parliament committee Tuesday moved toward setting the first pan-European standard for software patents, but outlawed the U.S. practice of patenting business methods, such as Amazon's one-click Internet shopping. 'The European law sets the right benchmark rather than the looser U.S. system,' said the director of public policy for Europe at the Business Software Alliance, which represents 20 software companies including Microsoft and Apple. Amazon representatives in Brussels declined to comment on the new European legislation."

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  1. wrong! by Thinkit3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The only sane thing to do is banish all "intellectual property" laws.

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    -Libertarian secular transhumanist
  2. All patents are bad! by Thinkit3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Arguing against software patents is like arguing against slave imports. "Intellectual property" needs to be abolished, just as slavery was.

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    -Libertarian secular transhumanist
  3. Re:No - there is NOTHING sane about this! by samhalliday · · Score: 0, Troll

    anyone else think most of these MEP email addresses are dud? they are all AT europarl.eu.int, which isnt even a valid domain...