Red Hat is today expected to join others in making the case against the enforcement of patents in software across the European Union.
The company is expected to submit an 11-page report to regulators, which makes the case that patents in software damages innovation in software.
If the principles in Red Hat's report are accepted, it could fundamentally tilt the balance in Europe against those using the law to enforce software patents and trying to exact payment for alleged infringements of patents through the court system.
Red Hat is expected to deliver its report to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, which is listening to arguments on whether patents in software should be enforced and upheld in EU-member country courts and regulatory bodies. Today is the deadline for report submissions.
The board is expected to receive a similar report from patents hit factory IBM, while it has already received reports from consumer electronics giant Philips and a number of academics.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Red Hat pitches software-patents-free Europe
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