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EU Gears Up for Another Patent Fight

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the innovation-or-immitation dept.

DirkFromEurope writes "Heise Online is reporting on the Digital Europe meeting of the Progress & Freedom Foundation in Prague. From the article: 'Proponents for a broadening of industrial property rights in the computer sector have declared a new round in the fight about software patents in the EU opened. "It starts again", announced Günther Schmalz, head of SAP's software department.' Günther also 'expressed hope that his camp will be better prepared this time than during the last struggle. A "bridge position" must be reached, which both sides could live with.'"

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  1. Germans... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They need to learn that this isn't a chance to show that Germans still rule at warfare.

  2. SAP has a software department? by bitsformoney · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No shit ....

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