[Fwd: Media: EU directive 'could spark patent war']

[Erik Josefsson <sslug@sslug>]

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> From: Jonas Maebe <sslug@sslug>
> To: sslug@sslug
> Subject: Media: EU directive 'could spark patent war'
> Date: 03 Oct 2003 15:35:33 +0200
> 
> <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39116895,00.htm>
> 
> Quote:
> 
> Now anlayst firm Gartner has highlighted potential problems that could 
> arise from the EU's patenting system being out of step with that of the 
> US, even if the EU's system is more effective. For example, if a 
> patented e-commerce technology is enforceable in the US but not the EU, 
> US users could be breaking the law by accessing an EU Web site that 
> used the technology, according to Gartner. "If the amended directive 
> becomes law, the significant differences between the US and European 
> approaches to software patenting raise the prospect of a patent war," 
> the firm said in a statement.
> 
> It also contains an FFII statement on the interoperability clause (from 
> one of our press releases)
> 
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