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EU Council to scrap parliamentary vote limiting software patents without discussion
By brian, Section News
Posted on Fri May 7th, 2004 at 17:51:55 GMT
[From FFII] The EU Council of Ministers has obtained a qualified majority for a counter-proposal on the software patents directive, with only a few countries - including Belgium and Germany - showing resistance. The new text proposes to discard all the amendments from the European Parliament which would limit patentability.

FFII is urging supporters to make their voices heard now, especially software SMEs who make up the majority of the IT industry (e.g. over 80% of IT jobs in Germany). In particular, supporters should try to mobilise organisations of which they are members, urgently try to meet or contact local MPs and MEPs, and also Commissioner Liikanen's office at DG Information Society. Full details from FFII.org.

 

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