Z:gnu-www-ja-europes-unitary-patent--0c9eda-The volunteer activists drifte/en

The volunteer activists drifted away, thinking the battle won, but the corporate lobbyists for software patents were paid to stay on the job. Now they have contrived another sneaky method: the &ldquo;unitary patent&rdquo; system proposed for the EU. Under this system, if the European Patent Office issues a patent, it will automatically be valid in every participating country, which in this case means all of the EU except for Spain and Italy.