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EP: 'Patent directive is flawed'
Talkback Drop the entire Patent directive because whatever will be left of it will get exploited and abused to the max. If there must be a Patent directive then make a directive that invalidates all already granted software patents along with dismantling...
[May 29, 2005, 20:56]
Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
News The European Commission's decision on Monday to reject demands to rewrite the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive could seriously damage open source software development in Europe, according to a legal expert.
[March 1, 2005, 14:25]
Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop
Talkback I was at the workshop and almost everyone agreed that the definition in the proposed directive let every patent through, while the majority agreed that some patents definitely SHOULDN'T have been let through.
[May 19, 2005, 17:05]
Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop
News A group of software developers and patent lawyers agreed on Thursday at a UK Patent Office (UKPO) workshop that the definition of technical contribution in the proposed European software patent directive is wrong.
[April 8, 2005, 14:30]
Patent directive adoption just days away
News The software patent directive was expected to be ratified this week. But the EU Council spokeswoman denied that the patent directive was ever scheduled to be adopted this week. This is the second time that Poland has intervened over the patent...
[January 24, 2005, 16:30]
Patent directive 'back on EU agenda'
Talkback Many national parliaments have spoken against this Patent directive.Duch, Polish, German) This will only aliënatie Europeans from their Parliament. Why should this be decided on a EU Council Agriculture and Fishery meeting?
[January 21, 2005, 14:33]
Patent directive deadlocked
News Earlier this month the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament demanded that the proposed software patent directive should be restarted from scratch. Some anti-patent campaigners believe that the Council is hesitant to adopt the...
[February 23, 2005, 16:25]
Patent directive faces fishy future
Talkback I think that the directive must be passed, and passed quickly, if we are to be certain of maintaining the present high standards of the software patent system in europe. The directive (or, at least, the version which was presented by the commission...
[December 24, 2004, 10:04]
Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop
Talkback The patents directive will not have the benefitial effects that the Patent Office and the EU Commission think it will have. Many small companies could be put out of business if this directive goes ahead.
[April 18, 2005, 22:22]
Patent directive 'back on EU agenda'
News The Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID) may be ratified next Monday, a move that would give anti-patent campaigners little time to take action. The directive was initially due to be adopted on 21 December, but was removed from the...
[January 21, 2005, 11:50]
Patent directive slammed at UKPO workshop
Talkback Without "tinkering" with the definition, the proposed UKPO/EC directive definition will stand. If the claimed patentable process is a purely software application or business method it is not patentable (the original intent of the patent laws).
[April 12, 2005, 13:47]
EP: 'Patent directive is flawed'
News Opponents of the directive's current form say that a rewrite is needed to avoid allowing patents for pure software, while giving patent protection to inventions that use computer programs. JURI, the legal affairs committee of the European...
[May 24, 2005, 18:00]
Patent directive faces fishy future
News Before today it was possible for generous people to look charitably at this text [the proposed patent directive] as an example of a tragic mistake, not malice," said Creighton in a statement on the FFII Web site.
[December 13, 2004, 11:10]
Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
News Earlier this month the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament demanded that the proposed software patent directive should be started from scratch. The European Commission (EC) has rejected requests to rewrite the Computer...
[February 28, 2005, 15:45]
EC pushes on with patent directive
News The European Commission is pushing the EU Council to ratify the controversial software patent directive, sweeping aside the concerns raised last week by a European Parliament committee. But an EC spokeswoman said on Friday that the Council is...
[February 11, 2005, 15:25]
EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive
Talkback "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. Right, well, I don't know about the rest of you's but I'm off to the EP to break...
[March 31, 2005, 19:50]
Politicians demand fresh start for patent directive
News Members of the European Parliament from countries 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 Monday.
[January 10, 2005, 11:50]
Software patent directive adopted
News The European Council adopted the software patent directive on Monday, despite requests from Denmark, Poland and Portugal to reject the directive. According to Florian Mueller, an anti-patent campaigner who watched the public part of the meeting, a...
[March 7, 2005, 9:45]
High noon for software patent directive
News Campaigners from both sides of the software patent debate have stepped up their efforts before the European Parliament votes on the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive on Wednesday. Pro-patent organisation EICTA claimed on Monday that the...
[July 5, 2005, 17:50]
Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
Talkback Let us hope the parliament now submits a revision of the patent directive which is a blank sheet of paper. One amendment - deleting it all, would make the point nicely In the mean time the EU 'constitution' vote is coming and offers a good chance...
[March 2, 2005, 12:34]
