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EU parliament demands patent restart

...Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament (EP) demanded that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID) be rewritten. A EP spokesman confirmed on Thursday... Read more

3 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Patent directive adoption just days away

An EU Council spokeswoman said on Monday that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID), which many say will allow widespread software patenting... Read more

24 January, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EC: Software is not patentable

The European Patent Office will be bound by proposed legislation that will exclude software from patentability, according to the EC, in a move that has startled opponents of software patents Read more

24 May, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

EC slipping software patents 'through backdoor'

The European Patent Office's practice of granting software patents could yet be ratified, despite the defeat of the software patent directive earlier this year Read more

6 October, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

High noon for software patent directive

...have stepped up their efforts before the European Parliament votes on the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive on Wednesday. MEPs will vote on a number of... Read more

5 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Software patent directive adopted

...the directive. An EU Council spokeswoman said on Monday morning that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive had been adopted, but was unable to give more... Read more

7 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive

The European Commission (EC) has rejected requests to rewrite the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID), sparking a furious response from campaigners who accused... Read more

28 February, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Linux kernel maintainer joins patent celebrations

...in favour of a motion asking the European Commission to rewrite the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive. Alan Cox, sometime maintainer of the Linux kernel and... Read more

3 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Patent directive 'back on EU agenda'

The Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID) may be ratified next Monday, a move that... Read more

21 January, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EU delays patent decision

...day later than planned. Last Friday a Council agenda stated that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive would be adopted on Monday, but this has since... Read more

20 December, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Software patent directive rejected

In a shock move, the European Parliament has voted down the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive Read more

6 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Anti-patent demo planned in Brussels

...Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure is planning a protest against the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive in Brussels later this week Read more

14 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Open source comes of age

...making headlines in Europe more recently when the European Commission proposed the Computer Implemented Inventions directive that would have effectively legitimised software patents across the... Read more

13 March, 2006 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft may become 'major opponent of patents'

Open source advocates believe Microsoft may stop supporting software patents if other companies start copying its approach to them Read more

6 October, 2005 by Andrew Donoghue

EC: Software patents will still be granted

...grant software patents, despite the European Parliament's decision to reject the Computer Implemented Inventions directive. The directive was criticised by various trade organisations and... Read more

21 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

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