Shelving of EU patent court draws ire
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Political naivety and national protectionism were blamed for quashing the latest attempt to forge a single patent regime for the European Union, according to members of Europe's business community.
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Conflicts with European law, they say A group of small British businesses has mounted a challenge to changes made by the Intellectual Property Office's (formerly known as the Patent Office) to the scope of the monopoly a patent holder can be granted for a software patent.â¦
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BRUSSELS, Dec 22 (IPS) - Campaigners have hailed the EU decision to postpone  the adoption of controversial new rules for patenting  computer-based inventions as a victory for âEuropean democracyâ.
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BRUSSELS With about a month left in office, the European Union&#39;s antitrust chief, Mario Monti, this week faces some of the legal consequences of both the first and the most recent of his controversial decisions against US companies during his five years
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The European Union's incoming antitrust chief will likely have to step aside from at least three pending cases because of potential conflicts of interest, a European Commission spokesman said Thursday.
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Two professors argue that seemingly innocuous reforms have caused a shift away from encouraging innovation in favor of exploiting patents largely for lawsuits.
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Patent infringement decision leads to one of the largest patent decisions in history.
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By Kara Rowland, The Washington Times  Sep. 14--A U.S. technology trade group yesterday accused the European  Union of declaring a "war on innovation" through its antitrust and regulatory  policies.   At a Capitol Hill press conference, Rep.
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Unexpected move A week ahead of the European Parliament's vote on the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), the three major groups of MEPs that had been opposing the EPLA have unexpectedly reached a compromise agreement that means they will instead vote for the proposal.â¦
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There's a brawl brewing as Congress works up the most sweeping overhaul of the patent system in half a century.
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Experts said a European antitrust ruling might signal problems for companies like Apple, Intel and Qualcomm.
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Peter Mandelson says the row which led to the proposed EU Commission line-up being withdrawn is a 'hiccup'.
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An appeals court should throw out a $500m (Â£260m) patent infringement judgement against Microsoft because a lower court failed to recognise that the patent was not invented by the company awarded the money, a Microsoft lawyer claimed yesterday.
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The future of controversial European Union legislation that would allow for some software patents was in doubt Thursday after the Polish government switched sides, saying
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Some tech groups are beginning to worry that major IT industry priorities, including patent reform, may lose out to other priorities in the U.S. Congress this year.
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The European arm of the firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst has split from its U.S. counterpart and plans to change its name.
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BRUSSELS -- A group of some of the world's leading IT and telecommunications companies have warned that Europe could become a "haven for plagiarism" if the European Parliament fails to agree to allow patent protection for inventions implemented by computer.