Z:gnu-www-ja-savingeurope--953e79-=3Ca id=3D"ft1"=3E=3C/a=3EThe European P/en

The European Patent Office, used by many European countries, has issued quite a number of patents that affect software, which were presented as something other than software patents. The change now being considered would open the door to unlimited patenting of algorithms and software features, which would greatly increase the number of software patents issued.