IT-Director: Shoring Up Rights to Technology Inventions--EU Style | Linux Today

IT-Director: Shoring Up Rights to Technology Inventions–EU Style

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2005

“It appears that the ability to patent computer implemented
inventions is now even the source of a minor conflict between the
EU Commission and the EU Parliament. This conflict highlights the
growing dispute over the right to patent computer software.

“The EU Commission is seeking to harmonise protection for
computer implemented inventions, which are currently subject to a
range of protection anomalies across the EU Nation States…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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