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March 8, 2005
EU Software patents
Yesterday the EU passed the Software patents bill. This is a bad thing.
This opens the door for Microsoft and its ilk to muscle out software innovation undertaken by smaller companies., or even rivals - can you spell monopoly?
It also opens the door to small companies holding the web to ransom should they wish to - the Eolas patent being an example of this.
There will be lots of unforseen results for this and plenty of work for IP lawyers in the years to come - I think its time for a change of profession....
Posted by dottie at March 8, 2005 4:47 PM