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UK Judge: Who needs software patents?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday January 16, 2006 @05:46AM from the the-question-many-ask dept.

Glyn Moody writes "C|Net has a surprising story about a seminar given by a top judge at the U.K.'s Court of Appeal who specializes in intellectual-property law. According to the article, he has "questioned whether software patents should be granted, and has criticized the U.S. for allowing "anything under the sun" to be patented." Is the tide turning?"

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Re:Cheese-Eating Overturn Monkeys! by ZachPruckowski · 2006-01-16 06:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Since when has the US gov ever cared what Europeans think?

Prior to Bush, we at least gave it weight. We bent over backwards for European politics in the Balkans (as we should have done, IMO), and Bush Sr. got a big coalition together (including our European allies) for Gulf War I. I have a feeling that once Bush is gone, the US will pay a lot more attention to Europe.