Softwarepatents: 61 MEPs Urge Return to 1st Reading

13-January-2005

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A motion for a resolution, signed by 61 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from 13 countries, calls for a new first reading of the software patent directive.

A motion for a resolution, signed by 61 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from 13 countries, calls for a new first reading of the software patent directive. The motion has received particularly warm support from MEPs from Poland and other new member states. However, many veteran MEPs also welcome the initiative as a way out of a crisis, into which the Council has plunged the directive project by failing to conduct a proper first reading. Procedural step would also represent "a face-saving exit strategy for the EU Council.

More Information:

http://swpat.ffii.org/lisri/05/restart01/index.en.html

http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=282


Dirk Stieglitz; 13-January-2005 10:35:39; forum (0) help

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