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Patents directive wins European Parliament OK
News The European Parliament has voted to approve a highly controversial directive governing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions -- including software -- but with amendments that appear to be a victory for critics of the original...
[September 24, 2003, 18:05]
Protests derail software patents vote
News Software patents have been likened to allowing a monopoly on the ideas behind stories, and opponents of the draft Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions claim it would effectively allow unlimited software patents.
[September 1, 2003, 15:55]
Economists reject European software patent proposals
News In an open letter to the European Parliament issued on Monday, 12 economists from institutions including the University of London, the Oxford Internet Institute and the University of Sussex urged that the proposed Directive on the Patentability of...
[August 27, 2003, 17:55]
BT's attitude is unsurprising
Talkback We have not encountered particular barriers obtaining IPRs in the UK because of system complexity, although we would welcome greater alignment of UK Patent Office (UKPO) practice with that of the European Patent Office (EPO) on issues such as...
[January 24, 2007, 12:52]
Patent Impending
News Under the scenario put forward by those against the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, small and medium-sized software businesses will find themselves slapped with exorbitant licensing fees, which they must...
[August 27, 2003, 9:34]
Software patent protest to block Web sites
News Some sites are also redirecting users to a petition and call for action against the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, which will be submitted to the European Parliament for approval on 1 September.
[August 26, 2003, 14:00]
UKIP bashes software patents
Talkback The Campaign for Creativity, which striongly SUPPORTS the patentability of Computer Implemented inventions, is delighted that the neo-Fascist UKIP are opposing the CII Directive. We certainly don't want them on our side!
[May 3, 2005, 21:54]
Patent opponents claim success
News The Polish government said on Tuesday that it could not support the controversial European directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions that was agreed by the EU Council in May this year.
[November 17, 2004, 16:35]
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]
European software patents inch closer
News Juri voted to approve a series of amendments to a proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, which aims to eliminate ambiguity in the way software-related patents are handled, and differences in the way EU member...
[June 18, 2003, 14:04]
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]
SMEs don't get their fair share of EU patents
News Opponents of the directive on the patentability of computer implemented inventions, commonly known as the software patent directive, have argued that it will disadvantage small businesses in favour of big players.
[June 9, 2005, 18:35]
Another judge rules for program patentability
News In that case, Kitchin decided that "claims to computer programs are not necessarily excluded by Article 52 [of the European Patent Convention]", despite the fact that the Article in question specifically excludes "programs for computers" from...
[March 25, 2008, 15:41]
EU seeks 'legally clever' patent definition
News The European Parliament (EP) has enlisted the help of intellectual property lawyers to amend the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions so that companies are prevented from patenting pure software.
[May 17, 2005, 16:00]
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]
Austrian politician joins the anti-patent movement
News MEP Othmar Karas said the EU Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions could pose a serious threat to SMEs. I share the concern of many software developers that the patentability of software could cause lasting damage to the...
[November 24, 2004, 11:50]
EU directive 'could spark patent war'
News The European Parliament recently voted to approve the Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions, but with a series of amendments designed to limit the ways in which software can be patented.
[October 3, 2003, 13:20]
Judge dreads software patents
News Last year, the European Parliament rejected the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, which became widely known as the software patent directive. One aspect of the patentability of computer programs that Justice Jacob...
[January 13, 2006, 16:00]
Software patents face-off delayed until spring
News The proposal] achieved.unnamed aims such as unlimited patentability of 'computer-implemented business methods' and absolute priority of such patents over any interoperability considerations," the FFII said in a statement.
[December 1, 2003, 13:20]
Scientists protest EU software patents
News Various EU parliamentary committees are currently in the midst of a long process of reviewing the Commission's proposed directive on the "patentability of computer-implemented inventions", aimed at creating an EU-wide regime that would place...
[April 28, 2003, 12:10]
