The European Commission yesterday unveiled a controversial proposal for a harmonized law on software patents that is less encompassing than laws in the U.S. and Japan. The proposed law, which would ...

BRUSSELS – A proposed Europe-wide law on software patents has been knocked off the agenda of this week’s plenary meeting of European parliamentarians and won’t be debated by the full assembly until ...

The European Commission has ruled out initiating new legislation to harmonise software patents throughout the EU, unless requested to do so by the European Parliament, after MEPs overwhelmingly ...

Microsoft's recent trials and tribulations with its Word software patent illustrates the difficulty in granting -- and defending -- software patents. This fall, Microsoft was briefly barred from ...

With the European Parliament poised to begin deliberating on software patents again, organizations on both sides of the argument are continuing to push their cases. EICTA, the European Information and ...