[Fsfe-uk] Re: [Ffii-uk] Re: [Free-sklyarov-uk] Update on software patents

[Bernhard Kaindl]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Philip Hunt wrote:
> > (i) The meeting of the Competitiveness Council on November 27th.  This
> > is the last date for political agreement, if the Directive is to
> > complete its stages before the EuroParl elections next year.
>
> Incidently, whatever happened to the meeting that was going to happen
> on November 10th (Monday), according to
> <http://www.ffii.org.uk/council.html>?

I've no report from this meeting yet(at least the council should, but 
transparency
is something the council really lacks, this should be improved, I think).

On another list(it was it-parl of ffii.org), I've seen a Background Document of 
the
Press Service for Press People about the Nov10 Meeting:

http://ue.eu.int/pressData/en/intm/77852.pdf

The only patent related background information in it is about the community 
patent,
so this seems to indicate that software patents were not on official agenda of 
this
meeting, but I guess it might have been if we wound not have triggered this 
review
and let things go as the IP workgoup would have liked.

Bernhard
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