From: "Geo" 

"Adam"  wrote in message
news:449FFA05.3000909{at}moes...

> While you may be able to fight to stop the steady encroachment, others
> in other countries may not & then....why the US will have to come up to
> "international standards".

International standards work both ways, the UK not going for software
patents is going to have a blow back effect on the US.

Geo.

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