The Lurking Danger: Software Patents
If you thought that software patents in Europe had been seen off, think again. The ever-alert Digital Majority has spotted the following:
Simon Gentry is back in software patents lobbying. Now his role is to push for legalisation of software patents via the creation of central patent court in Europe.
Mr Gentry is speaking this week at the expensive conference IPBusinessCongress in Amsterdam, which is gathering many members of the patent community
The conference has a number of tell-tale topics:
Defining the Chief IP Office
which is a bit like defining a Chief Extortions OfficerIP in the age of open source and open innovation
which I don't imagine will be singing their praises, and finallyNew opportunities for patentowners in Europe
where those "opportunities" almost certainly amount to sneaking in software patents by the backdoor.
Be alert for more of this stuff: the price of freedom is eternal vigilance etc. etc. etc.
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