[Wolves] It rears it's ugly head again (software patents)

Ade adrian.bradshaw at gmail.com
Tue Feb 8 13:28:53 GMT 2005


On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:44:00 +0000, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks as though Poland may cave into pressure from other EU countries.
> 
> Quote from Yahoo news site:
> 
> "BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland is expected to lift objections to
> proposed rules on patenting computer inventions, allowing the European
> Union to continue work on the controversial bill, a Polish diplomat
> says.
> 
> Poland, the EU's biggest newcomer, has been postponing the approval on
> the proposed rules for two months, saying it needed more time to
> analyse the impact of the legislation on small and medium-size
> software companies.
> 
> The diplomat, who asked not to be named, said on Monday that if EU
> president Luxembourg put the issue on the agenda of the bloc's
> ministers meeting next week, Warsaw would allow the bill to go to a
> second reading in the European Parliament."
> 
> Ever feel as though you are banging your head against a brick wall?


Hey dude, can you supply a link pls?

Thanks

Ade



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