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2006-01-20 EU Commission aims for software patents in 2006
EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has announced the start of a drive to create a "Community Patent", which would establish the EPO as the arbitrer of patents in Europe. The Community Patent will legalize the EPO practice to grant software patents in Europe. more
2005-07-06 European Parliament Says No to Software Patents
The European Parliament today decided by a large majority to reject the directive "on the patentability of computer implemented inventions", also known as the software patent directive… more