EU approves software patent changes

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I hope you're wrong

I'm not sure there is anything wrong with granting software patents, the debacle in the U.S. is misapplication of the system. For a variety of reasons I have posted here, the vast majority of software patents issued in the U.S. should be considered wrongfully issued - either there is prior art (hard to uncover with our rapidly-evolving terminology and obfuscatory claims), or the claimed invention should be obvious to a practioner in the art. Consequently, the patent has precisely opposite the intended effect - it tends to inhibit, rather than promote, innovation.

I had hoped the EU would avoid the software patent pitfall altogether. Failing that, here's hoping that the EPO, not laboring under the staffing restrictions Congress imposes on USPTO (Rogan - an agency "in crisis") will be able to restrict software patents to true inventions that advance the art.

(Incidentally, the EPO and JPO follow a "first to file" rule, which inherently reduces the likelihood of submarine patents).

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