Update of Software Patents Agenda

[karin kosina]

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On Fri, 18 May 2001, Francois PELLEGRINI wrote:

> >     maybe that's a stupid question, but *who* will make the final
> > decision about whether software patents will be legal? I figure it's the
> > European Commission, but is that true?
>
> Yes, it is the role of the Commission to propose and pass new
> "directives", as they are called.
> What I do not remember is if the parliament should vote it too...

Ok, and after that? Do the European states have to approve the new EPC
version, or is the new version binding for all of them? And how are the
non-EU member states affected?

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