____/ Doug Mentohl on Monday 12 November 2007 14:53 : \____

> "High-tech businesses can obtain a European-level monopoly over the
> distribution of computer disks and internet downloads of programs that
> configure an apparatus to perform a patented process. Now, in Britain,
> they cannot"
>
> "patent protection enables a company to monopolise an invention even
> if competitors independently come up with the same idea. In order to
> protect their commercial interests companies need patent claims
> directed towards the products and processes that are"
>
> http://www.clickpress.com/releases/D...789005cp.shtml

Wait until WIPO and the Gang come to enforce US-style patent law.

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