[d@DCC] EU software patent passed

[tOM Trottier]

Revised software patent ruling applauded
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1143886

'"The aim is to send a clearer message that, in the EU, you can patent 
software. You always could, but it evens out the playing field. Nothing 
more than that," he said.

Collins added that the move was vital for European firms competing on an 
even footing with US and Japanese rivals, and trying to protect their 
computer-implemented inventions in the US and Japan where patents were 
more readily available. '----  Abacurial Information Management 
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