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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

FT.com: "Many fear that, after an already tortuous process, the fight could drag on into 2006"

Mr. Tobias Buck

writes in FT.com concerning the EU Draft Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions:

"[...] Officials still expect the draft law to be waved through by the member states later this year. However, that will mean that the text is passed on to the European parliament for its approval - which is widely expected to put up even tougher resistance to the idea of patents in the software industry.

Many fear that, after an already tortuous process, the fight could drag on into 2006."

We shall wait and see.

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