EICTA: "Industry condemns Council failure to support European high-tech Innovation".
EICTA on the recent events in conjunction with the Draft Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions:
"Brussels, 21 December 2004 – EICTA, the voice of Europe’s information and communications technology and consumer electronics industry has expressed extreme disappointment regarding today's decision by the Council to further postpone adoption of a Common Position on the proposed EU Directive on the Patentability of Computer-implemented Inventions (CII).
EICTA Director General Mark MacGann stated: 'EICTA represents the 10,000 small, medium and large companies that work tirelessly to strengthen the competitiveness of the European Union. Council’s failure today constitutes a worrying setback for innovation in Europe, and throws doubt on our collective commitment to the Lisbon Agenda'. [...]"
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Dipl.-Phys. Axel H Horns is Patentanwalt (German Patent Attorney),
European Patent Attorney as well as European Trade Mark Attorney. In particular, he is Member of:
EICTA on the 
recent events in conjunction with the Draft Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions:
