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June 12, 2011 09:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/i6n1C2VaXfs/France-To-Launch-a-National-Patent-Troll
France To Launch a National Patent Troll
zoobab writes "France is creating a state sponsored patent fund, FranceBrevets, which primary focus will be to sponsor, acquire and license patents in the ICT (read software patents) sector. The patent fund is at the initiative of the minister of Research, Valérie Pécresse, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and digital economy, Eric Besson. The primary target of the fund is to collect licenses on those patents, which is already seen in France as the biggest patent troll of the country. France is also supporting the European Unitary Patent, which is seen by many at the final attempt to validate software patents in Europe." 
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