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European software patents via treaty?


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European Commissioner McCreevy is pushing for a bilateral patent treaty with the United States. On Tuesday 13 May in Brussels, White House and European representatives were trying to adopt a tight roadmap for the signature of a EU-US patent treaty by the end of the year. Parts of the proposed treaty will contain provision on software patents, and could legalise them on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

Commissioner McCreevy's home constituency, Ireland, is the main base in Europe for large US software firms who repatriate most of their EU profits as licenses and "patent royalties" without paying taxes in Europe. In his former government office, McCreevy built the Irish tax-free harbour.

 

More at lwn.net.

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