EU Moves Towards Single European Patent Standard

theodp writes "A European Parliament committee Tuesday moved toward setting the first pan-European standard for software patents, but outlawed the U.S. practice of patenting business methods, such as Amazon's one-click Internet shopping. 'The European law sets the right benchmark rather than the looser U.S. system,' said the director of public policy for Europe at the Business Software Alliance, which represents 20 software companies including Microsoft and Apple. Amazon representatives in Brussels declined to comment on the new European legislation."

One 'o' tooo many

[gammoth]

He meant, "the European law sets the right benchmark rather than the loser U.S. system."

(Yeah, I know. I have no plans to quit my day job.)

Something Freudian about the U.S. Patents Office

[Anonymous Coward]

'The European law sets the right benchmark rather than the looser U.S. system,'

Am I the only one who misread this as the loser U.S. system?

Re:DID YOU RTFA?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

Who the hell lives in Europe?

thank god for europeans

[castlec]

hurray for europeans!!! first they gave us culture, then they gave us linux, now they give us some common sense

In other news...

[heli0]

Amazon Tuesday patented the first pan-European standard for software patents. European representatives in Brussels declined to comment on the new Amazon patent.

A better system the in the US....

[Zemran]

That must have been hard to sort out... :)

Oh no

[CausticWindow]

Chilling effects for Europe. This must be bad indeed. They have no sense of personal freedom. They are drones. They have no sacred to God constitution like ourselves.

Poor bastards.