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I think it is likely that it will be dropped ...
Support is waning and more and more people in Europe are considering the ramifications. Europe has gotten along just fine for decades without software patents, and it is unlikely that lack of software patents would hinder their future progress. That leaves the US and Japan as basically the only countries in the world with software patents. And both the US and Japan are remarkable only in the fact that both are offshoring both technology and expertise as quickly as they can. Not a great indicator of long term success. I suspect that eventually the WTO will force the US and Japan to back off on software patents as much of the rest of the world opposes them. Unless of course the US and Japan are able to dictate their own terms to the WTO in which case the WTO will probably become irrelevant.
Posted by: George Mitchell   Posted on: 12/08/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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EU patent legislation should be dropped altogether.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Considering...  rapson | 12/08/04
Only if..  Patrick Jones | 12/08/04
Not quite.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Unsupported assertion  vferrara | 12/08/04
Can you be sure what Microsoft will do?  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Can you be sure what God will do tomorrow?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Easy but unwise comparison.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
You mean...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Now hold on there!!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Be definition patents give you the monopoly  voska | 12/08/04
Hog wash...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Yes, good point about slavery and objectivity here...  Root User | 12/08/04
I'll show you why you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Root User, please come back for my appology.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
No apologizies needed, I didn't take offense.  Root User | 12/08/04
Are you daft?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Lawsuits are not needed..  Patrick Jones | 12/08/04
Don't need a patent to make threats.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
But ...  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
I think it is likely that it will be dropped ...  George Mitchell | 12/08/04
Naw, just a stall until the dust settles.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
They don't pay taxes  voska | 12/08/04
And who's fault is that?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
Typical Microsoft lies.  systemcleaner | 12/08/04
Typical Zealot rant...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/08/04
The citizens don't count?  IT_User | 12/08/04
Typo?  George Mitchell | 12/09/04
The competitiveness council of the European Union  Squawkbox | 12/08/04
You might do well to get an idea of what it is  Squawkbox | 12/08/04
The Competitiveness Council of the U.S. FTC  IT_User | 12/08/04

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