Large corporations unite to occupy Europe

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Summary: New report about the unitary patent and its progress in Europe which worries European software proponents because it can bring software patents (and patent trolls) to the whole of the EU

Glyn Moody has read a PDF-formatted document which circulated among the likes of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (whose Web site has been almost dead for several years, just like its vocal members' sites). This document deals with the state of the Unitary Patent and it says that things are not looking good. "That's particularly the case for software patents," writes Moody, "where the US experiences shows us how much damage trolls can cause. The UPC will open up Europe for software patent trolling on a massive scale."

It has been a while since we last wrote about software patents in Europe. It does not look like things are improving. Perhaps we will return to covering these issues soon (time permitting). ⬆