LWN: A European Software Patent Report from FFII | Linux Today

LWN: A European Software Patent Report from FFII

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 6, 2005

“We offer an exclusive first-hand report of the closed 27th May
and 3rd June meetings of the Council Working Group on Intellectual
Property (Patents). National Parliaments must take action now if
they do not want their position to be decided by these patent
bureaucrats. This is the European democracy crisis you do not hear
anything about.

“The second reading of the European Parliament on the software
patents directive is still a month away…”

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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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