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By brian, Section News
Posted on Thu May 20th, 2004 at 12:04:40 GMT |
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[From FFII] The EU presidency secured political approval for its new draft of the software patents directive in a meeting of the Council of Ministers -- by 7 votes, overturning the earlier amendments of the European Parliament excluding software from patentability. Belgium , Denmark, Italy, Spain and Austria refused to support the new text and Estonia voted against. Full details from FFII.org.
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