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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]
EU Anti-piracy Directive Heads For Final Vote
News A proposed European Union law strengthening enforcement capabilities against intellectual-property violations has been approved by the European Parliament's judicial affairs committee (JURI), paving the way for a fast-track vote next month...
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
Liberal Democrats Accused Of Double Standards Over Patents
News In a crucial vote at the JURI committee on Monday, MEPs from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) voted against a number of amendments to this directive. These amendments, which had been proposed by Michel Rocard (rapporteur for...
[June 23, 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. As for the restart initiative, the spokeswoman said that JURI's plans have to...
[February 11, 2005, 15:25]
European Software Patents Inch Closer
News Controversial changes to the European Union's software patent regime have moved a step closer to legislation with a vote by the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (Juri) on Tuesday.
[June 18, 2003, 14:04]
Europe's 'DMCA On Steroids' Gets Go-ahead
News A proposed European Union law strengthening law-enforcement capabilities against intellectual-property violations has passed a crucial stage in its progress toward final approval, having been adopted by the European Parliament's judicial affairs...
[November 27, 2003, 16:35]
Linux Kernel Maintainer Joins Patent Celebrations
News I'm delighted that through JURI the Parliament has made this decision, and enormously grateful to Poland for its stand for democracy and the interests of the hundreds of thousands of small business people this proposal threatened," said Cox.
[February 3, 2005, 15:55]
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. Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, an EP spokesman said that JURI will seek the help...
[May 17, 2005, 16:00]
EU Parliament Forgives Council For Adopting Patent Directive
News After examining documents from the EU Council meeting, the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament decided on Wednesday that the Council had not broken any procedural rules. As the Council has expressed willingness to listen to...
[March 31, 2005, 13:00]
Campaigners Celebrate Patent Directive Defeat
News Ten days ago we were praying — we thought we were in deep trouble after the JURI committee rejection. But victory was in no way certain a couple of weeks ago when the European Parliament legal affairs committee (JURI) voted against a number of...
[July 7, 2005, 16:45]
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]
EU Parliament Forgives Council For Adopting Patent Directive
Talkback The European Parliament spokesman quoted in the article is not an MEP - he is the spokesman for the JURI committee. Thanks for your comments.
[April 1, 2005, 9:49]
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 Software Patents: The Lesson Of Victory
Talkback I think that you ought to be aware that there is still a possibility that the current proposal will be tagged onto a finance minister's debate within a couple of weeks (February 17th.as an "A" item (no formal vote) - in defiance of both JURI and...
[February 11, 2005, 23:29]
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. It would have been much better if we had returned to a first...
[March 9, 2005, 12:30]
EU Vote 'widens Loopholes' In Software Patent Directive
News Amendments to the EU's directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions that would have prevented companies taking out pure software patents were largely thrown out by the European Parliament legal affairs committee (JURI) at a a...
[June 21, 2005, 13:25]
Group Warns Of Europe's 'DMCA On Steroids'
News In a letter to the EU Committee on Legal Affairs and Internal Market (Juri) issued on Monday, they urged the parliament to reject the proposal in its current form when it comes up for voting on 11 September.
[August 11, 2003, 16:45]
Software Patents Vote Delayed
News Since February, the proposed directive of the European Parliament and of the European Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions has been considered by three European parliamentary committees, with a final vote by the...
[June 30, 2003, 12:30]
Patent Impending
News Since February, the proposed directive of the European Parliament and of the European Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions has been considered by three European parliamentary committees, with a final vote by the...
[August 27, 2003, 9:34]
EU Seeks 'legally Clever' Patent Definition
Talkback JURI asking IP lawyers what the laws should be is a catastrophic blow to the freedom of software developers (who will be the ones affected most by the laws). Conflict of interest? IP lawyers stand to gain most from software patent law, because...
[May 17, 2005, 17:28]
