Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Sufficiently rich companies file their patents in all the countries of 
> interest.

  Except that in Europe software patents are invalid and unenforceable.

> Of course, in most countries, you actually have to describe what you do 
> in the patent, and it isn't a violation of a patent if someone does the 
> same thing in a different way.  Sadly, the US got heads wedged between 
> buttocks when it comes to that too, at this point.

  And in most countries you can only patent real inventions which have
working prototypes and are economically/industrially feasible. For example
this patent would never go through in Europe:

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6960975.html

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                                                          - Warp

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