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Software Patent Debate Over in Europe For Now?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the we-don't-talk-about-software-patents dept.

Anonymous EPA writes "The website of the European Patent Office is running a story about a recent agreement not to revive the debate on software patents in Europe nor to promote new legislation. To quote: 'All speakers welcomed unequivocally the opportunity to discuss the issue at a high level and made clear that a new CII (computer-implemented inventions) debate followed by legal modifications was neither necessary nor desirable.'"

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  1. Let's just hope that.. by wamerocity · · Score: 5, Funny
    they can come up with really smart laws about patents like what we have in the US:

    You can patent the click (Amazon)

    You can patent the letter i (Apple)

    You can patent a number (AACS)

    You can patent software written by someone else, and then sue them for it. (Microsoft, Linux)

    Awesome... awesome..

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  2. This is a threat to national security by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Europe is now a threat to national security. By not recognizing the intellectual property regime in the USA, Europe is causing economic hardship to our people. Accordingly, they should be punished. Armed fighters and bombers are headed overseas now to bomb the shit out of you until you see things our way.

    1. Re:This is a threat to national security by Delirium+Tremens · · Score: 5, Funny

      Accordingly, they should be punished.
      You misspelled "liberated".
  3. Re:Patents aren't bad... by nospam007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    First of all, PO clerks are usually not engineers. More often than not, they are not even able to discriminate between a trivial patent and a serious one.
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    It's different in Europe.
    In Europe they made even Einstein work in the patent office.