There is no chance of Europe having a reprise of the
debate on software patents, according to its Patent Office.
According to the European Patent Office's (EPO) own site
since the rejection of the CII directive there are no plans to force
through any more changes.
It said that the EPO manages to maintain high standards.
This is unlike in the US where there are too many patents which are of
too low quality, cheaper to obtain and often quite trivial.
A recent conference run by the EPO showed that the
majority of speakers found the current system unsatisfactory for different
reasons. But all agreed that there was no need for legislative
modifications.
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