Europe's Patent on Failure

Europe's Patent on Failure: "Europe's Patent on Failure
EU legislators' inability to find common ground on protecting software innovation will do serious harm to the Continent's tech sector


A proposed law to create Europewide rules for patenting software was soundly defeated July 6 in Strasbourg, France, after five long years of wrangling among the European Commission, the European Parliament, and aggressive lobbyists. In the wake of 'no' votes in France and the Netherlands on the proposed European Constitution, and a bitter rift over the European Union budget in Brussels, the patent fiasco fuels a deepening sense of crisis in Europe. Advertisement"