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EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive
Talkback One office ' MS office' and so on. Congratulations. In two weeks your choises will vanish. In a year you will only have one choice 'Microsoft'. Me and i know pleny of others whill shut down there business all because software patents.jobs is...
[June 22, 2005, 5:13]
EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive
Talkback EICTA: "But we need patent protection for our inventions and if you don't give us a 20 year monopoly on every last detail of every aspect of the computable, and every trivial idea that enters our heads, the European economy will collapse.
[June 21, 2005, 18:34]
EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive
Talkback Even if taken at face value, "harmonizing" laws allowing US patents on pure software in Europe would allow US portfolio companies to dominate every European business which uses a computer. Too few politicians are aware that this is a non-technical...
[June 23, 2005, 15:36]
EU delays vote on 'Euro-DMCA'
News This week's European Parliament vote on a proposed law aimed at cracking down on piracy has been delayed until November, amid criticism that its implementation would criminalise many innocuous activities and harm European competition.
[September 11, 2003, 17:20]
Patent intervention gives Poland the popular vote
News The directive was due to be adopted, without discussion or a vote, during an Agriculture and Fisheries meeting on 21 December. Klaus Knopper, the founder of Linux Live CD Knoppix, said the project will not be able to continue as public and open...
[December 30, 2004, 14:55]
EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive
News A key vote on the directive on the software patent directive has not only left loopholes in the legislation intact but may have even widened them, say campaigners Amendments to the EU's directive on the patentability of computer-implemented...
[June 21, 2005, 13:25]
US presses ahead with patent reforms
News On Thursday evening, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a 13-5 vote an amended version of the Patent Reform Act of 2007. We have reaffirmed our commitment to ensuring that our nation's patent laws promote and protect the inventiveness of...
[July 23, 2007, 9:22]
Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents
News European politicians representing parties including the UK's Liberal Democrats have been accused of acting against party policy in a recent vote over the software patent directive. ALDE's action is particularly frustrating for anti-patent...
[June 23, 2005, 16:00]
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]
Microsoft's email proposal returned to sender
News On Saturday, a co-chair of the technical working group responsible for developing a standard for authenticating the origin of e-mail messages summarised the results of a vote by the group members. But he did note that many participants stayed out...
[September 14, 2004, 8:15]
US takes major step towards patent reform
News By a 220-to-175 vote, the House endorsed an amended version of the Patent Reform Act, which has been in the works in various forms for several years but previously was stalled amid lingering disagreements among disparate companies.
[September 10, 2007, 11:43]
Patent Impending
News The example may sound extreme, but it is an indication of what many critics fear will come to pass if proposed European Union legislation on software patents -- coming up for a vote before the European Parliament in next week -- becomes law in its...
[August 27, 2003, 9:34]
Software patents face-off delayed until spring
News The Council of the European Union's Competitiveness Council had been scheduled to vote on the draft Directive on Computer Implemented Inventions last week, but it was left off the agenda amid calls for further consultations.
[December 1, 2003, 13:20]
European Parliament blocks patent liberalisation
News The proposal was defeated after two parliamentary groups, the EPP-ED and ALDE, asked for a split vote on the passages covering patent liberalisation. Rufus Pollock, the director of FFII UK, said that the Parliament's vote was a "great result", but...
[March 16, 2006, 9:35]
EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive
News JURI is likely to vote on the amendments on 6 June, and the amended directive will be voted on in a plenary session of the EP in July. For JURI's amendments to be agreed by the EP will require 366 MEPs to vote for the changes - this represents a...
[March 31, 2005, 13:00]
Software patent war ignites again
News On Thursday the PES, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL parliamentary groups warned that a measure facing a parliamentary vote on 11 or 12 October could take up where the failed software patent directive left off.
[September 21, 2006, 13:05]
Software patents vote delayed
News A Monday vote on a controversial software patents proposal in the European Parliament has been put back until September, amid criticism by MEPs that the legislation would institute a US-style patent regime that would be detrimental to European...
[June 30, 2003, 12:30]
Protests derail software patents vote
News A June vote on the proposal was put back amid criticism by MEPs that the legislation would institute a US-style patent regime that would be detrimental to European small businesses and open-source software developers.
[September 1, 2003, 15:55]
EC pushes on with patent directive
News Next week, the German parliament will vote on a motion that demands substantial modifications to the Council's present proposal. But according to to one activist, a plenary vote would not be needed. But an EC spokeswoman said on Friday that the...
[February 11, 2005, 15:25]
Software patent limits 'go too far'
Talkback It is quite obvious that it was completely unreasonable to expect the parliament members, who would normally neither be programmers nor patent lawyers, to vote together a consistent legislative proposal in a plenary session lasting less than an...
[October 1, 2003, 15:58]
