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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by lurker456 on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:14PM (#16362224)
The US has software patents. The EU has GDPR. China has rampant IP theft. Russia has corruption. Every large market has peculiarities, it's the cost of doing business.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by tzs on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:52PM (#16362641)
> The US has software patents.

So does the EU [1].

"The European Patent Convention states that software is not patentable. But laws are always interpreted by courts, and in this case interpretations of the law differ. So the European Patents Office (EPO) grants software patents by declaring them as 'computer implemented inventions'".

[1] https://fsfe.org/campaigns/swpat/swpat.en.html

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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by chopin on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @03:35AM (#16365621)
Even though, in most of Europe we have a loser pays legal system. That's one of the reasons we don't have rampant patent trolling.
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