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Story: Patent restart request ratified

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I personally don't believe that the majority OSC wants to remove patents completely, patent law can be an important tool if implemented correctly and strictly adhered to given loose definitions and lack of control it can be a powerful weapon for the rich and a barrier to the poor, but the truth is it has no place in the realms of processes and methods. The fact that the council (not parliament as some articles have suggested) are more concerned with the wishes of big business and not the welfare of the majority has severely dented my faith in the EU and the way it’s run. I’m all for democracy but I believe in a democracy that a majority view is taken not a minority, albeit a powerful majority trying to protect there power base by effectively building a monopoly. Despite assurances to the contrary the council are deliberately allowing the use of loose wording and contradictory text to allow the patenting of software through the back door. If they had been up front in the first place and taken on board concerns from parliament in the first place I’m not convinced that we would be in the position we are now in.

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