10-28-2003, 06:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: EU
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Since the European Parliament voted for clear exclusion of software from patentability in september 2003, the patent movement has been fighting back through the EU Council. A EU directive can only become law if Council and Parliament agree. The position of the Council will be prepared by a workgroup of national patent officials on thursday 2003-10-23 in Brussels. At the meeting, the European Commission's patent officials may propose to disregard the European Parliament's amendments and go back to earlier texts from the Commission's and the Council's patent officials which allow unlimited patentability. The UK government, whose patent policy is determined by its Patent Office, is expected to push for this option.
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http://swpat.ffii.org/news/recent/in...#SwnCons031023 |
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