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Story: Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive

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Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 28 February 2005, 9:52 PM)

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The problem is that the Commission is unaccountable since it is not elected. The Parliament has shown some initiative in limiting this stupid idea to patent software. There have been suggestions that McCreevy (the Commissioner in question) is acting in his own country's interest to the detriment of the entire EU. Ireland is where most US companies are and they only pay 10% tax.

McCreevy was formerly the Irish Finance Minister.

Go figure......

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