IP/IT A debate over computer software patenting has resulted in the European Parliament's first ever rejection of a common position of the 25 member states. Julian Potter examines the uncertainty over the protection of computer-implemented inventions
October 05, 2005 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
On 6 July this year, the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions was over-whelmingly rejected by the European Parliament by 648 votes to 14, with 18 abstentions.
This was the largest majority in any vote in the body’s history, and the first time the European Parliament has rejected a common position of 25 member states.
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