Google executive Pablo Chavez said Monday that perhaps it is time for the US to revamp its current software patent system, saying, "We think that these patent wars are not helpful to consumers." More...

The USPTO accepted Google's application for its network-based “operating system”, ie that Chrome OS that has been pretty unsuccessful thus far. More...

Patent legislation is one step further away from being passed in the European Union today. The Legal "Affairs Committee (JURI) said that the commission should re-submit the controversial directive. The Computer Implemented Inventions Directive" failed... More...

A controversial software patents directive has been delayed in the European Union once more after a last minute intervention from Polish representatives. The Software Patent Directive has been withdrawn from the Council of... More...

A controversial software directive in the EU has been delayed once more. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, co-president of the Greens/EFA Group, told ElectricNews that "Officially, the council has experienced translation difficulties with the new official languages of... More...