The biggest companies in tech don't want to see Europe turn into yet another dangerous patent battleground. In a letter sent to European officials today, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and slew of other tech giants write that they're worried about the effects that upcoming reform to the European Union's patent system will have. The reform will create a unified patent system across all of Europe — rather than having discrete systems within each country — and the companies are concerned that patent trolls will easily be able to take advantage of this and accrue increasingly large settlements over otherwise small disputes.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/26/4773298/tech-giants-pen-letter-to-eu-about-concern-over-patent-trolls
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