Friday, 4. March 2005

Euro ministers set to OK patent measure


European ministers are expected to give the OK for the controversial Computer Implemented Inventions Directive to proceed when they meet Monday.

The European Commission has already nixed efforts to send the directive, which would allow software to be patented, back to the European Parliament, effectively restarting the legislative process. This could have enabled the bill to be reworked or even junked altogether.

theregister.co.uk

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