FYI, Karsten is currently writting some articles about software patents in his blog:
Software patents in Europe: game on (Sept 4) http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2012/09/04/software-patents-in-europe-game-on/
How the European patent system works (Sept. 5) http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2012/09/05/how-the-european-patent-system-work...
If you have any input, let us know.
Regards, Matthias