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EU Software Patent Directive Adopted

Posted by Hemos on from the big-bad-news dept.

sebFlyte writes "FTA: "An EU Council spokeswoman said on Monday morning that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive had been adopted." Apparently it's due to 'institutional reasons' that they're ignoring the outcry from developers and several nation states ..."

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  1. Re:It still has to go for a 2nd reading... by the+bluebrain · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    • I own a software company that does a huge amount of R&D
    Sounds like you have a potential win either way: Keep researching. If software patents are rejected in Europe, don't change anything. If software patents are accepted in Europe, start patenting left right and centre, making sure that you build a large enough portfolio so as to be a noticable impediment to the big boys. Then get bought up my MS, IBM, Oracle, or whoever. It you time things right, you might just be the virgin princess bride in a bidding war.

    So your dignity's overboard, you employees' jobs are in India - but dude, you yourself will be on the Bahamas.
    --
    yes, we have no bananas
  2. Good say I by DisprinDirect · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Now I have the law on my side to protect my investment of blood-sweat and money in MY INVENTION from all you hackers who would happily steal my original idea and deprive me of the profit from it.

  3. Re:Et muss een séch schummen Lëtz ze sin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who the heck is modding all these Insightful? Is this Random Foreign Language Moderation Day or something? At least provide translations for those of us ill-educated enough not to be fluent in Luxembourgish.