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Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop

...UKPO) workshop that the definition of technical contribution in the proposed European software patent directive is wrong. Lord Sainsbury, the minister for science and innovation... Read more

8 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Politicians demand fresh start for patent directive

...including Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden have asked for the software patent directive to be redone from scratch, according to a report on... Read more

10 January, 2005 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

EP: 'Patent directive is flawed'

A group of intellectual-property lawyers have agreed that the software patent directive needs tightening up Read more

24 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EC: We'd accept software patent defeat

The European Commission says it would let the software patent directive die if enough support was mustered against it in the... Read more

9 March, 2005 by Matthew Broersma

UK Patent Office under fire over software report

...campaigners on Monday for an article it published last week on the software patent directive. The article, entitled Patents & Software: Fact and Fiction explains the... Read more

8 November, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

EU prefers 'computer-aided' patents

You say implemented, I say aided. The European Parliament wants to get rid of the term 'computer-implemented inventions' in a key directive because it implies that software can be patented Read more

14 June, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

German parties unite against software patents

The four main political parties in Germany are supporting the fight against European software patents Read more

21 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

High noon for software patent directive

...statement on the CEA-PME Web site says: "The proposal of the software patent directive limits competitiveness within the software industry in favour of large... Read more

5 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive

A key vote on the directive on the software patent directive has not only left loopholes in the legislation intact but... Read more

21 June, 2005 by Matt Loney

Software patent directive adopted

The European Council adopted the software patent directive on Monday, despite requests from Denmark, Poland and Portugal to... Read more

7 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Row erupts over software patent directive

Critics say the European Commission is being less than truthful about the effect of a new directive broadening European patent law, and point to evidence of irregular access by business interests Read more

21 February, 2002 by Jerome Thorel and Matt Loney

Bono and anti-patent campaigner go head-to-head

Florian Mueller, one of the leading campaigners against the European software patent directive, was elevated to the lofty heights inhabited by the frontmen... Read more

23 September, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Anti-patent campaigner hailed as IP hero

...Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner. Mueller campaigned against the software patent directive for many months, until March this year, when he made... Read more

20 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

'Deceptive' patent lobbying sparks calls for transparency

...following the tactics of some campaign groups during the debating of the software patent directive. The directive was rejected by the European Parliament last week... Read more

11 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

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