[Ecommerce] Re Software patent: "Under no circumstances do we want American procedures in Europe"

[Manon Ress]

Thanks to JR, good news from Europe.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/16/0035225

Germany to Vote Against Software Patents in the EU

Posted by michael on Sunday May 16, @02:06AM
from the just-say-no dept.
YKW writes "According to Ars Technica, Germany has decided to vote
against all changes to current European patent laws. In a statement
given to demonstrators in Germany, Federal Department of Justice
Minsterial Director Elmar Hucko read the riot act to the EC: 'Under no
circumstances do we want American procedures in Europe, Hucko vowed with
regard to the US patent process. A patent must be "a fair reward for a
bona fide invention and not abused as a strategy to bludgeon
competitors.' With the largest EU member against software patents and
French IT leaders lobbying their goverment to vote against them too,
Europe might be saved from software patents. At least for a while. An
older Slashdot article about software patents in Europe is here."



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