It’s all over the news! After months of trying, European Parliament have finally said no to Software Patents! So unlike the USA, software companies cannot patent stupid software ideas and have monopoly for no apparent reason. We all know that patents are good. They are supposed to protect the developer from having the miraculous idea in the first place. The only problem is that lately the patents which are awarded have not been like that. I mean come on, 1-click shopping, user in typing, how much stupid would they get? You want more?

At least we know that the EU would not allow such stupid patents to go thru. Not that there aren’t some out there already. let’s just hope this decision sticks and we see tons of new innovations in the years to come.