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U.K. judge frowns on software patents
January 13, 2006 Sir Robin Jacob questions the need for software patents and scolds the U.S. for letting "anything under the sun" be patented.Protesters go bananas over EU patent plan
February 18, 2005 The debate gets lively when it comes to the value of software patents. Photos: Patent protesters take to the streetsNext GPL to protect free software from lawsuits?
September 6, 2005 Next version of General Public License may restrict companies from using patents against free software, FSF Europe president says.Software patents raise hackles in Britain
October 22, 2004 A U.K. foundation gathers testimony from British businesses and coders opposed to software patents.Europe's software patent war ignites again
September 21, 2006 Patent debate may be taken out of hands of elected politicians under new measure, Parliament groups say.EU keeps tinkering with software patents
June 21, 2005 European authorities fail to close loopholes in legislation that will make software patentable, critics say.The open-source patent conundrum
January 31, 2005 OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture around open-source software is turning increasingly murky.Red Hat CEO decries software patents
May 22, 2007 Patents 'absolutely' retard the pace of innovation, CEO Matthew Szulik argues, but he doesn't call for their abolition.Kodak wins Java patent suit
October 4, 2004 The case has outraged some opponents of software patents, who claim it is a textbook example of why software should not be patentable.European patent protesters: 'Innovation--yes!'
February 18, 2005 About 300 people march through the streets of Brussels to show their disapproval of a proposed law on software patents. Patent foes take to the streetsOpen-source battlegrounds heat up
February 2, 2005 Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents.Bill Gates and other communists
February 15, 2005 Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the discussion about software patents.Software-patent battle set to flare up
October 29, 2004 In Europe, industry leaders, government officials and others debate whether patents would hinder or cultivate innovation.Trade deal exports DMCA down under
August 3, 2004 President Bush signs a trade deal that extends controversial software patents and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Australia.Europe: No patents for software
May 24, 2006 Apparent U-turn on the extent to which software can be patented leaves patent opponents scratching their heads.Europe's patent proposal pending
February 18, 2005 European Parliament says software patent proposal must be rewritten. Whether European Commission will listen is another matter. Photos: Patent protesters take to the streets European patent protes...HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal
February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president.This week in open source
February 18, 2005 HP's top Linux executive has a message for open-source programmers who don't like the idea of software patents: Get used to it.Open-source honchos trash software patents
February 2, 2005 "Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit.Patent protest planned in Brussels
February 15, 2005 Patent critics plan to march past buildings of main EU bodies to protest controversial software directive.
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