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European software patents 'a done deal'

Linux User Expo: Widespread opposition to software patenting is being ignored as the European Parliament prepares to vote on a proposed directive on Monday, according to an industry lobbyist Read more

26 June, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Economists reject European software patent proposals

A proposed law due before the European Parliament next week would derail Europe's software industry while allowing big corporations to take over, warn European economists Read more

27 August, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

European Patent Office scotches appeal for review

...has declined a request from the UK Court of Appeal to clarify European software patent law. Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Jacob asked the... Read more

22 March, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Bono and anti-patent campaigner go head-to-head

Florian Mueller, one of the leading campaigners against the European software patent directive, was elevated to the lofty heights inhabited by the... Read more

23 September, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Anti-patent campaigner hailed as IP hero

A campaigner against the European software patent directive has made it onto a list of most powerful... Read more

20 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Software patents need shelter from the storm

Standardisation of European software patent law may be a noble aim, but copying America is... Read more

17 September, 2003 by John Carroll

UK immigration policy 'damaging IT industry'

...audio" Lynch also told the audience that he was pleased that the European software patent directive had been rejected, dismissing it as "a very bad... Read more

12 July, 2005 by Andrew Donoghue

Microsoft slammed over XML patent

...than the US, there are concerns that this could change if the European software patent directive is adopted by the European Parliament. Opponents of this... Read more

26 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Wine development stifled by software patent

...to avoid violating patents, the UK patent office has denied that the European software patent directive, which is due to go to parliament for a... Read more

13 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop

...Office (UKPO) workshop that the definition of technical contribution in the proposed European software patent directive is wrong. Lord Sainsbury, the minister for science and... Read more

8 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Stallman fights European software patents

...has put together the database of software patents as well as the European Software Patent Horror Gallery which will show some of the most extreme... Read more

21 November, 2000 by Will Knight

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