[Wylug-discuss] Software Patents

[Anne Wilson]

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I'm sure many of you have heard, but in case you hadn't, I received this 
yesterday -

Subject: Re: Software Patents
Date: Wednesday 06 Jul 2005 12:25
From: Richard Corbett MEP <richard at richardcorbett.org.uk>
To: Anne Wilson <cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk>

Dear Anne Wilson,

You wrote to me last year on the subject of software patents and the
proposed Directive on patentability of computer-implemented inventions.

I thought you would like to know that the European Parliament voted
today, shortly after 11am UK time, to reject the proposed Directive
outright. Labour MEPs voted with their Socialist colleagues from across
Europe in support of this motion, resulting in a huge majority of MEPs
(648 to 14) voting to reject.

Parliament's decision to throw out the proposed Directive is final and
the proposal now falls. A change to the law is now no longer on the
horizon.

If you would like more information, please do contact my office. I will
be issuing a press release and updating my website shortly to take into
account these developments. In the meantime, I would like to thank the
hundreds of constituents who contacted my colleagues and me on this
issue. Relying on your informed and clearly expressed opinions, Labour
MEPs were able to vote accordingly and help to reject this ill-judged
legislative proposal.

With best wishes,

Richard Corbett MEP
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I did get his permission to publish this wherever relevant.

Anne
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