Poles Push Patents Off EU Agenda
News An EU Council spokesperson has confirmed that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive will not be adopted on Tuesday as had been planned, and was unsure when it would be adopted. Poland's opposition to software patents prevented the EU from...
[December 21, 2004, 15:00]
Patent Restart Request Ratified
News Hartmut Pilch, the president of pressure group the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), said on Thursday that he is unsure what will happen next. Hugo Lueders, the director of public policy at pro-patent organisation CompTIA, is...
[February 17, 2005, 14:50]
EU Delays Patent Decision
News The spokeswoman was unsure of the reason for the delay, but thought it may have been due to a translation issue. Last Friday a Council agenda stated that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive would be adopted on Monday, but this has since...
[December 20, 2004, 11:25]
UK Workshops Find Patent Directive Faulty
News Of the nine fictitious case studies that the UKPO said should not have been patentable, four were let through by the directive's definition and only two were disallowed, with the remaining three leaving the workshop attendees unsure, according to...
[May 27, 2005, 18:25]
