Further degradation of digital rights in Europe and another round of lobbying for RAND.

Anascape's patent attacks on gaming consoles and ongoing discussions about the the Community Patent in Europe

Business software maker Red Hat Inc said on Wednesday that it has settled two of three pending patent lawsuits that the company has been fighting.

Microsoft's lobbying levels seems to be rising as attempts to contaminate the EU with mathenmatical patents trigger some alarms

Microsoft Web site reveals a Microsoft lobbying arm trying to pass the notorious Community Patent

Microsoft's mischiefs in Italian universities and a few more stories from Europe (Holland & Portugal)

Microsoft settles suits; patent lawsuits rising; EU in need of answers

" The future of software patents in Europe is uncertain. The Software Patent Directive was rejected by the European Parliament on the 6th of July 2005, after seven years of campaigning by people in FSFE and other organisations - most notably, one of our associate organisations, FFII. This was a monumental victory and displays the legislative competence of the Free Software community. However, the struggle is not over. Information about the current status of software patents in the EU can be found in this November 2007 blog entry: Do software patents exist in the EU?

The software patent issue is likely to return via initiatives such as the Community Patent or the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA)..."

Another variety of more analytical pieces: Red Hat did right where Novell did wrong; Microsoft abuses the system; ACTA is above the law.