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Thursday, January 27, 2005

Finally They have Come to Their Senses: DE-BVDW Now Supporting EU Council's Version of CII Regulation.

The German

Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e.V (German Federal Association of Digital Economy) have now eventually chosen

to support the EU Draft Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in the form as politically agreed upon by the EU Council in May last year. In former times the Association had been more sceptical towards the EU proposal. This latest turn of events is a blow to the various anti-patent NGOs because of the BVDW represents

numerous SMEs of the digital economy which were said (by anti-patent campaigners) to be more or less unanimously against the Draft EU legislation.

Meanwhile there are

reports

saying that the Polish branches of Siemens, Nokia, Philips, Ericsson and Alcatel have communicated to the Polish Prime Minister, Mr Belka, a letter with their official statement on the patent directive. This letter is said obbying Poland to accept the directive in the form as politically agreed upon by the EU Council in May last year.

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