Z:gnu-www-ja-europes-unitary-patent--46cd64-In fact, the EPO's decision ab/en

In fact, the EPO's decision about software patents has already been made, and can be seen in action. The EPO has issued tens of thousands of software patents, in contempt for the treaty that established it. (See &ldquo;Your web shop is patented&rdquo;.) At present, though, each state decides whether those patents are valid. If the unitary patent system is adopted and the EPO gets unchecked power to decide, Europe will get US-style patent wars.