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Isn the Commission/Council version merely confirming the status quo?

April 26, 2017Commission confirming council merely quo Status version

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Isn the Commission/Council version merely confirming the status quo?

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No. The Commission/Council texts impose a practise of the European Patent Office on Europe which is not accepted by all courts and thereby make 30,000 software and business method patents much more difficult to contest than they are at present.