ITWorld: Sweden aims high for creation of a single EU patent system http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-166655/itworld:sweden-aims-high-for-creation-of-a-single-eu-patent Posts in the discussion thread "ITWorld: Sweden aims high for creation of a single EU patent system" - However, opponents of a unified patent system say just the opposite. "With the financial crisis and climate change as looming priorities, the Swedish presidency is going to be hard-pressed to move forward an agenda that has been mired in deep political fights for the last thirty years," said Benjamin Henrion, president of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII). The FFII argues that a Community Patent will make it easier to pass software patents in Europe, and it says a single patent litigation area is merely a way to circumvent the legal authority of the European Court of Justice, which it trusts could safeguard the E.U. from software patents. "While large US software firms keep up their hopes for cheap enforceable software patents in Europe, the facts on the ground suggest that this debate will crawl, not run," Henrion said. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:10:14 +0000 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-166655#post-524395 ITWorld: Sweden aims high for creation of a single EU patent system http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-166655/itworld:sweden-aims-high-for-creation-of-a-single-eu-patent#post-524395 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:11 +0000 zoobab 2946 "However, opponents of a unified patent system say just the opposite. "With the financial crisis and climate change as looming priorities, the Swedish presidency is going to be hard-pressed to move forward an agenda that has been mired in deep political fights for the last thirty years," said Benjamin Henrion, president of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII). The FFII argues that a Community Patent will make it easier to pass software patents in Europe, and it says a single patent litigation area is merely a way to circumvent the legal authority of the European Court of Justice, which it trusts could safeguard the E.U. from software patents. "While large US software firms keep up their hopes for cheap enforceable software patents in Europe, the facts on the ground suggest that this debate will crawl, not run," Henrion said."

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