The European Union's request for comments on an effective way to protect intellectual property in Europe has prompted fears of a renewed attempt to allow software to be patented, after an earlier patents initiative was blocked last year.
The European Commission, which is responsible for drafting new legislation for the 25-member European Union, launched a new round of consultations Monday on a patent regime for the E.U. EU move prompts fresh fears about software patents
Here we go again. Another round. I don't know what to expect. The issue is of great concern to me, and to a minority of others in IT and related, but Joe public doesn't really care. And why shoud they, after all you've got the recent war, post-christmas debt, paedophiles on the loose, FA cup and six nations looming, take care of your family and carreer. Why should Joe or Jane care about that strange, complicated world of patents?
I don't know how to make them realise that it is their future, and the one of their kids at stake. We live in the age of new stake claiming of the itellectual property market. When it is parcelled out you will have to think not only How will I get on the property ladder? but How do I get on that itellectual property ladder? 'Cause the bucks are there
