IP: Software patents in Europe looking limited...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 14:55:03 -0700
> To: dave () farber net
> From: "Suzanne M. Johnson" <sjohnson () pobox com>
>
> October 6, 2001
>
> New Software Patent Law for Europe Looking Limited
>
> By PAUL MELLER
>
>
> BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 — The European Union appears to be moving toward unified
> regulations for software patents that would be less encompassing than
> regulations in the United States and Japan.
>
> Competition officials at the European Commission, the executive arm of the
> 15-nation union, met Wednesday with their colleagues in charge of drafting
> a new law for the union, to press their case for limiting its scope. Their
> concern is that overly protective patent regulation could hinder
> competition by helping large
> software manufacturers maintain their dominant positions.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/06/business/worldbusiness/06PATE.html?searchp
> v=nytToday



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