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Marshall Phelps, the new "IP leader" at Microsoft who came over from the IBM patent department, hints in an interview that MS may be getting more aggressive on lobbying for software patents in Europe: "We'll focus on Europe that bit more...I don't think we joined the debate [on software patents in Europe] in the right way." This article is an essential reading to include/understand what Microsoft intends to do with its 3000 software patents and 5114 software patent applications. It also informs their strategy of lobbying on the software patentability in Europe.