EU Parliament Demands Patent Restart
News The battle to prevent software patents being introduced in Europe received a major boost on Wednesday afternoon when the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament (EP) demanded that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive...
[February 3, 2005, 10:20]
EU Charter May Outlaw Routine Spying
News MEPs were asked to endorse proposals put forward by Mr Graham Watson (Lib Dem), chairman of the EP committee on CitizensÂ’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs at a meeting on Tuesday this week.
[April 14, 2000, 12:23]
EU Seeks 'legally Clever' Patent Definition
News The EP's legal affairs committee (JURI) is now deciding how to amend the directive, before it is passed for a voted to a plenary session of the parliament in July. The European Parliament (EP) has enlisted the help of intellectual property lawyers...
[May 17, 2005, 16:00]
EC Pushes On With Patent Directive
News Last week the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament (EP) demanded that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID) be started from scratch. The European Commission (EC) is not obliged to agree to the EP's request for a...
[February 11, 2005, 15:25]
Politicians Demand Fresh Start For Patent Directive
News Florian Mueller, the campaign manager of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said the motion has been given to the Tabling Office of the European Parliament (EP), through which all documents must passed before being discussed by MEPs in the EP.
[January 10, 2005, 11:50]
EU Parliament Forgives Council For Adopting Patent Directive
News The European Parliament (EP) agreed on Wednesday that the EU Council did not break procedural rules when it adopted the software patent directive earlier this month. The EU Council adopted the draft software patent directive on 7 March, despite the...
[March 31, 2005, 13:00]
Patent Directive Deadlocked
News The EC must now decide whether to accept the EP's request. Around a week after the EP asked for a restart, the Spanish and Dutch parliaments passed resolutions asking their respective governments to stop the Council from adopting the directive.
[February 23, 2005, 16:25]
Pro-patent Lobby In Sticky Situation Over Ice-cream Offer
News The software patent directive is currently being amended by the legal affairs committee (JURI) of the European Parliament (EP). The amendments suggested by JURI will be voted on in a plenary session of the EP in July.
[June 6, 2005, 16:50]
Echelon: The Evidence
News Graham Watson, MEP and chairman of the EP committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, explains. But it does exist and its activities are being scrutinised by an increasingly impatient European Parliament (EP).
[June 29, 2000, 11:10]
Linux Kernel Maintainer Joins Patent Celebrations
News Debian developer Wookey, who had expressed concerns over the way the directive was handled by the British government, was also pleased that the EP has stopped the EU Council from rushing the law through.
[February 3, 2005, 15:55]
Software Patent War Ignites Again
News Three political groups in the European Parliament (EP) have warned that software patents are re-emerging into EU politics with an EP vote scheduled for next month. Last year the EP derailed a proposed directive that, critics argued, would have...
[September 21, 2006, 13:05]
European Parliament Cries Foul Over Patent Directive
News In an extraordinary meeting called on Monday night, the EP's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) decided to ask the Luxembourg presidency for full documentation of the EU Council's meeting. The European Parliament (EP) and the Danish parliament are...
[March 9, 2005, 12:30]
EU Prefers 'computer-aided' Patents
News Now, Michel Rocard, the rapporteur for the EP's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), has drafted amendments to the directive which, if agreed by the committee next week, will be voted on by MEPs in a plenary session of the European Parliament in July.
[June 14, 2005, 17:15]
Software Patent Protest To Block Web Sites
News Yet in June the EP Legal Affairs Commission endorsed this proposal with further amendments that make it even worse," said Benjamin Henrion, one of the protest organisers, in a statement. More than 600 Web sites are to take part in an online protest...
[August 26, 2003, 14:00]
Echelon: The French Fight Back
News If these allegations against the NSA are true, they have serious implications, not only for businesses, but also for the privacy of individuals living in Europe," says Graham Watson, MEP and chairman of the EP committee on Citizens' Freedoms and...
[June 29, 2000, 11:13]
Open Source Developers Step Up Anti-patent Campaign
News The legal affairs committee of the European Parliament is due to discuss the directive on 21 April, according to an EP spokesman on Wednesday. Developers are using shock tactics to persuade the open source community to get involved in the campaign...
[April 14, 2005, 11:55]
Patent Restart Request Ratified
News Even if the EC does accept the EP's request, it may still push the Council to adopt the directive to ensure that it has adhered to its standard procedures, according to Mueller. Earlier this month the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European...
[February 17, 2005, 14:50]
EP: 'Patent Directive Is Flawed'
News JURI, the legal affairs committee of the European Parliament, agreed on Monday that the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions includes serious flaws that would allow 'pure software' to be patented.
[May 24, 2005, 18:00]
