Re: [pwc] Software patent directive

["Christopher Willmot" <>]

Pierre,
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.  I emailed my MEP and recieved a
long reply.
It included the following, which seemed comforting.

"An explicit objective of the proposal is to ensure that
computer software or business methods that do not involve new innovative
concepts, making a technical contribution, are excluded from patents.
This will give the EU a distinctive and different position from the US
and Japan."

"The Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament, which leads on this
dossier, has now adopted a number of amendments, most of which improve
the effectiveness of the Directive in excluding pure software and
business methods from patentability. Important amendments safeguarding
interoperability have also been passed. These have been supported by
many open source proponents."
(personal communication from Martin CALLANAN <>)

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Christopher Willmot
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