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UKPO Workshops Find EU Patent Directive Faulty

Posted by Zonk on from the turn-the-boat dept.

TheEvilOverlord writes "ZDNet has up a report about the current EU patent directive not being up to muster; 'Workshops held by the UK Patent Office (UKPO) around the country have found that the definition of technical contribution in the software patent directive would let through too many patents'. Unfortunately the UKPO can't change the government's stance of supporting this destructive directive."

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  1. Re:Throughly undemocratic by langarto · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's an absolute disgrace, that the UK media aren't covering this very important issue. The European council have disregarded the decision of the elected Parliament, and have tried to force this through.

    Welcome to modern democracy.

    We will let you vote, as long as what you vote doesn't matter, dear consumer.