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Stephen Downes

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What Europe does not need is a U.S. style patent system in which such nebulous concepts as business methods can be owned. This according to a group of high profile European scientists who have launched a protest against proposed reforms to the European patent system. "The fate of the proposed patent plan could have a dramatic effect on the way software is developed in the EU, with many developers and small businesses fearing a U.S.-style system in which large companies with thousands of software-related patents are able to force smaller competitors to pay for intellectual property licenses."

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