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Story: Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop
Posted by: Eur Ing Christopher Thoday (Monday 18 April 2005, 10:22 PM)
The patents directive will not have the benefitial effects that the Patent Office and the EU Commission think it will have. Only large companies can afford to play the patent game. The characteristics of an industrial product or process are quite different from those of software. Consequently the justification for restricting the application of ideas in other fields does not exist.
Many small companies could be put out of business if this directive goes ahead. It is absurd to be promoting this restrictive trade practice on the ground of competition.
The supposed attempt to define "technical comtribution" is a diversion. Unless the law can be stated in precise and unambiguous terms it becomes a lottery. Whatever the outcome of a case the only winners will be the lawyers and the Patent Office parasites
There really is no need to give yet more power to Microsoft to reinforce its monopoly position.
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Story: Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop
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The best thing to do would be to drop software pat... Arthur B. -
I am concerned that any software patents will be a... Jules
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I disagree. I was at the workshop and almost... Anonymous
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