Hi-tech jobs ‘at risk’ from EU patents

FAILURE by the EU to take a balanced approach to patenting could cost jobs in the Irish information technology sector, a leading expert has warned.

Director of Investment at Trinity Venture Capital Brian Caulfield said that this was too sensitive an area to be messed with at EU level.

Mr Caulfield and other IT representatives met the Foreign Affairs Dáil Committee in Dublin yesterday to spell out their concerns.