Story: Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 28 February 2005, 9:52 PM)
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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Story: Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
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I think the EU will loose a lot of trust among IT... Marc Thompson -
The problem is that the Commission is unaccou... Anonymous -
The only way to punish the commission for this. Se... Anonymous
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"CIID" is an insult too
A "computer implemented in... Hartmut Pilch
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Suppose the Commission is simply corrupted.
P... Anonymous
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Some comments on this article are very ill-informe... Eur Ing Christopher Thoday
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Let us hope the parliament now submits a revision... Anonymous
