Poland Blocks European Software Patent Vote, For Now
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Anonymous Brave Guy writes &quot;Thanks to the Polish Minister of Science and Information Technology, Wlodzimierz Marcinski, Europe has dropped the current proposal for software patents.
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Patent office rejects one of four patents on File Allocation Table format for Windows, though Microsoft can appeal.
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today issued a decision that paves the way for the Finnish Supreme Court to block Budejovicky Budvar&#39;s use of an alleged trade name in Finland.
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Poland vowed to reopen debate on an EU treaty deal to ensure it gets the concessions it wants on voting rights on Friday, clashing again with European partners who say those discussions are over.
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Three prominent open-source software developers have urged the EU to reject a law that would codify the practice of granting software patents in Europe.
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Opposition parties in Poland move to force early elections - but their plan still faces significant obstacles.
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Microsoft asked a European Union  judge Thursday to freeze a European Commission order forcing it  to share technology with competitors, but a rival said the  software giant used to provide such information freely.
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Poland formally told its European  Union partners it could not accept a reformed voting system  enshrined in the defunct EU constitution, raising the prospect  of a crisis at a crucial summit later this week.
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The software giant withholds comment on the EU Court of First Instance's ruling that Redmond abused its monopolistic powers to muscle into the European server market.
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Final draft of GPL 3 doesn't block the Novell-Microsoft patent pact that has raised open-source hackles.
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Microsoft has told a judge that the European Commission must be stopped from ordering it to give up secret technology to competitors.
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Microsoft asked a European Union judge Thursday to freeze a European Commission order forcing it to share technology with competitors, but a rival said the software giant used to provide such information freely.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Three prominent open source software developers, including Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, have issued a statement urging the European Union Council to reject proposed legislation that would codify the practice of granting software patents in the E.U.
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Opens up playing field/can of worms Technology firms will be able to patent software programs following a High Court decision on Friday that could see the UK having closer ties with Europe when it comes to the handling of computer-related inventions.â¦
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Microsoft&#39;s patent on the File Allocation Table disk format has been rejected by the US Patent Office, on the grounds that it should never have been granted in the first place.
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The EU executive commission rejected what it said had been a suggestion from US software giant Microsoft that it was delaying the launch of Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system in Europe.
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Copyright add-on fails to find consensus A controversial new intellectual property right due to be created by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has been successfully opposed by a coalition of web activists and the technology industry.â¦