The EU Council has approved a controversial proposal on software patents, despite opposition from numerous software developers and some European countries.
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.
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 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.
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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A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.
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.
Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.
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