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Europe spurns patent directive by huge majority
News A spokesman for the European parliament said 648 MEPs out of a total of 729 voted to reject the directive, which critics feared would widen the extent to which software could be patented. The European parliament voted on Wednesday to reject the... [06 Jul 2005]
Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy
News In a crucial vote at the JURI committee on Monday, MEPs from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) voted against a number of amendments to this directive. There is no point in voting Lib Dem in European elections, if the elected... [24 Jun 2005]
Software patent loopholes have grown, say campaigners
News Green MEPs Eva Lichtenberger and Monica Frassoni issued a statement saying that although all parties involved in the directive claim to be opposed to software patents, the legal uncertainty created by the directive will merely serve to allow them... [22 Jun 2005]
Software patent directive officially approved
News The hurdle is very high as we need an absolute majority of every member of parliament, which means 367 MEPs for every amendment to the directive," said Mueller. The European Council adopted the software patent directive on Monday, despite requests... [07 Mar 2005]
Politicians finally set to vote on 'Europe's DMCA'
News A lot of MEPs said they wanted to send a message to the youth of Europe," he said. The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) reckons not only could the homes of alleged music file-sharers be raided using the new law but large companies... [08 Mar 2004]
EU software patent vote delayed again
News The Commission is the EU's executive arm, while the European Parliament is comprised of MEPs from member states. They were persuasive enough to convince MEPs to introduce a number of important amendments before approving the directive in September. [01 Dec 2003]
Torvalds and Cox make patent protest
News Cox and Torvalds urged MEPs to approve the directive only with amendments clearly limiting its scope, following the voting recommendations of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), which has been campaigning against the... [22 Sep 2003]
EU anti-piracy law under fire
News The text of the directive which is supposed to bolster the fight against counterfeiting now won't be discussed by MEPs this week. One example is that in the event of intellectual property laws being strengthened, legal proceedings to recoup fees on... [15 Sep 2003]
Software patent vote delayed by protests
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. [02 Sep 2003]
