Newsbyte writes “In its plenary vote on the 24th of September, the European Parliament approved the proposed directive on “patentability of computer-implemented inventions” with amendments that clearly restate the non-patentability of programming and business logic, and uphold freedom of publication and interoperation. The day before, EC Commissioner Bolkestein had threatened that the Commission and the Council would withdraw the directive proposal and hand the questions back to the national patent administrators on the board of the European Patent Office (EPO), should the Parliament vote for the amendments which it supported today. “It remains to be seen, whether the European Commission is committed to “harmonisation and clarification” or only to patent owner interests”, says Hartmut Pilch of FFII.”
Link: swpat.ffii.org
