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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society
[mailto:CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] <B>On Behalf Of </B>J
Armitage<BR><B>Sent:</B> February 3, 2005 12:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CSL]: EU parliament
demands patent restart<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=h11><B><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><!--Story Heading BEGIN--------------------------------------->EU
parliament demands patent restart</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><FONT face=Arial
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><A
href="mailto:mailroomuk@zdnet.com"><B><FONT color=#003399><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #003399; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Ingrid
Marson</SPAN></FONT></B></A><BR><SPAN class=stbodytext1><FONT face=Arial
color=black>ZDNet <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=stbodytext1><FONT face=Arial color=black>February 03, 2005, 11:20
GMT</FONT></SPAN> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><!--Story Heading End-----------------------------------------><!-- Story body Begin -->
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The battle to
prevent software patents being introduced in <st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> received a major boost on Wednesday afternoon
when the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament (EP)
demanded for the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID) to be
rewritten. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A European
Parliament spokesman confirmed on Thursday that the President of the European
Parliament will asked the European Commission (EC) to take the patent
directive back to the drawing board. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Piia-Noora Kauppi, a
Finnish MEP who was present at the JURI meeting, said this decision had
considerable support from the members of the Legal Affairs Committee.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"The decision was
reached with an overwhelming majority of the Committee, and with the support
of all major political groups," said Kauppi.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Opponents of the
directive fear that it will herald the widespread patenting of software in
<st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> -- a claim rejected by supporters of
the directive. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Florian Mueller, the
campaign manager of an <A href="http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/"
target=_new>anti-patent Web site</A>, said it is great news for anti-patent
campaigners, but warned that the battle is not yet over.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"It's a fantastic
turning point because in all likelihood we've now succeeded in doing away with
last year's Council text," said Mueller. "The FFII and other anti-patent
campaigners now have a chance to organise ourselves even better for the
future. That's what our opponents are doing -- they're not going to give up."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The EP spokesman
said the EC is not obliged to agree to the EP's request for a restart, but is
likely to adhere to the will of the parliament. But an EC spokesman said that
the Commission has not yet decided anything and will "keep its options open"
and "see what happens with the EU Council". <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mueller said the EU
Council is unlikely to ratify the controversial directive in the immediate
future as their decision could be overturned by the restart motion proposed by
the EP. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"They will probably
wait for a month or two until the dust has settled on the restart," said
Mueller.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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