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• EU council endorses patent bill

  The EU Council has approved a controversial proposal on software patents, despite opposition from numerous software developers and some European countries.

• EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive

  The European Parliament (EP) agreed on Wednesday that the EU Council did not break procedural rules when it adopted the software patent directive earlier this month.

• EC pushes on with patent directive

  The European Commission is pushing the EU Council to ratify the controversial software patent directive, sweeping aside the concerns raised last week by a European Parliament committee.

• IBM, Nokia and Sony want to share 'green' patents

  IBM is set to announce the creation of an Eco-Patents Commons -- shared innovations geared at environmental sustainability -- with the participation of Sony, Nokia and Pitney Bowes.

• Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law

  The creator of Linux has urged the EU Council not to adopt a draft directive on software patents as he considers it 'deceptive, dangerous and democratically illegitimate' .

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  Introducing the Microsoft Deployment Council

  The NAB is moving on swiftly from its XP roll-out to Windows 7, all thanks to the Microsoft Deployment Council. Who is in this council? Is there a Linux equivalent? All this and more in this week's episode of Patch Monday.

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• The importance of IP in Australia

  With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.

• Patent problems plague RFID

  A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.

• AU government sets date for e-business patent findings

  The federal government has set a tentative date for the release of recommendations for handling intellectual property claims over business processes as the 'Web patent war' escalates in North America.

• With RFID, corporate might makes right

  Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.

• Start-up redesigns fuel cells

  A start-up company says it has developed a way to make fuel cells out of silicon, a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and make them easier to manufacture.

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• Start-up redesigns fuel cells

  A start-up company says it has developed a way to make fuel cells out of silicon, a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and make them easier to manufacture.

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