This article was first published in The Guardian, London, June 20, 2005. The software patent directive was passed on July 6 against because his supporters had decided at the last minute not to try their strength. They surely will try again, not quite the same way.
On July 6, 2005, the European Parliament will vote on [...]

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The debate, which raged for years, took an especially large since the European Commission presented a proposal for a directive on the patentability of inventions implemented by computer. ”
When a person or company develops new software, the question arises whether it can use the patent law to give protection considered stronger than the protection more [...]

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I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.
— Old Chinese proverb
Multimedia works are a complex marriage of art and technology, involving writers, directors, producers, computer programmers, worklng with text-based materials, special software, scanners, audio, video, animation, and the latest in CD-ROM and online distribution methods. Most [...]

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2006 was a banner year for intellectual property, according to a press release issued by the the US Patent and Trademark Office. 440,000 patent applications were received, and 332,000 applications were examined by the Office. The allowance rate (the ratio of patents granted to applications) was 54%, the lowest on record.
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