Software patent battle set to flare up again
...some of those who oppose the introduction of software patents, such as
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3 July, 2007 by Martin LaMonica...is one of the Gowers recommendations under consideration was cautiously welcomed by
...ICT Taskforce into intellectual property rights, saying it wrongly promotes software patents.
...under the sun would have been patentable," said Rufus Pollock, director of
...text of the three groups' joint motion can be found here (PDF).
...dominated by large IT businesses such as Intel, IBM, Microsoft and Cisco.
...despite the European Parliament's decision to reject the software patent directive.
...the proposal would have resulted in more litigation and more software patents.
...Thursday's hearing also included contributions from the Open Rights Group and
...The need for software patents has been questioned by campaigners such as
...UK Technology Awards. Florian Mueller of NoSoftwarePatents.com and Rufus Pollock of
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