On 11 Mar 2005, at 19:27, conor.daly@cod.utvinternet.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 05:45:19PM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Ian Clarke thought:
or nothing choice for the EP, either they accept the current Directive text, or they get no Directive at all (and European software patent law remains inconsistent).
But isn't this a better position than that defined by the current state of the directive?
Perhaps from our perspective, but not necessarily from the EP's perspective, since they may think there is an inherit benefit in "harmonisation" of European patent law which would be lost if the Directive is dropped.
Ian.
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