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EU Council Approves Software Patent Directive
A recent report indicates that the EU Council has granted first reading approval of the controversial proposed Computer Implemented Inventions Directive in support of software patents. The Directive seeks to harmonize the scope of patentable software across all 25 member nations of the EU. Opponents of the Directive fear that it will hurt smaller tech companies and question the democracy of the process by which the EU Council approved the Directive . The Directive is now subject to a second reading by the European Parliament.
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050307/152/fdugu.html
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