Re: [Fsfe-uk] EP rejects Software Patent Directive, 648 to 14, 18 abstentions

[Robin Green]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 02:23:41PM +0100, Jason Clifford wrote:
> > > Strasbourg, 6 July 2005 -- The European Parliament today decided by
> > > a margin of 648 votes to 14, with 18 absentions, to _reject_ the
> > > directive "on the patentability of computer implemented inventions",
> > > also known as the software patent directive.
> > 
> > Such a big majority!
> 
> Apparently the pro-patent lobby asked for a no vote as well - in their 
> case because the amendments would have made patents unusable for them.
> 
> The problem is not solved however as national patent offices may now push 
> the pro-patent lobbies agenda locally.
> 
> We might have been better with a directive that had been properly amended 
> than to have no directive at all.

Yes. Doesn't the UK already grant software patents at a national level?
-- 
Robin

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