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EU Thinking About Software Patents
Posted by Rebecca Bolin on Monday, June 21 @ 17:45:43 EDT Patent
The EU's formerly strict patent system has been slowly evolving to include software. Though the EU once explicitly excluded software patents, current regulations are more ambiguous and many patents have already been issued.

On Thursday, the EU is considering changes to a more American style patenting system. In the US, software methods have been patented broadly; for more abusive examples see the EFF Patent Busting Project. Let's hope there will never need to be an EFF European-Software-Patent Busting Project.

 
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