Energies should be focused on patents rather than trademarks right now

Energies should be focused on patents rather than trademarks right now

Posted Nov 6, 2004 10:43 UTC (Sat) by dwalters (subscriber, #4207)
Parent article: Trademarks: A threat to free software's freedom? (NewsForge)

I'd just like to make the point that compared to software patents, trademarks are a less critical issue for the future survival and growth of Free and Open Source software.

I don't wish to detract from the valid arguments that have been made about trademarks, but the EU Council is expected to try to adopt the legislation that would make software patents legal in Europe in a meeting of the EU Competitive Council on November 25th/26th, so focusing energy on fighting software patents is now URGENT.

http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/help/index.html

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