It may seem an odd time to be discussing the creation of a global patent system. Gardens around the offices of the Munich-based European Patent Office were besieged by pigs and tractors recently, as part of a demonstration against biotech patents.Meanwhile, campaigners against the introduction of patents on pure software are starting to crank up their lobbying ahead of an enlarged board of appeal...
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