:CNET News: In Europe, Patent Olive Branch--Or Threat?
CNET News: In Europe, Patent Olive Branch--Or Threat? Mar 10, 2005, 15 :15 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5810 reads) (Other stories by Matthew Broersma)
"The European Commission says it will let the controversial software-patent directive die, if enough opposition to it is mustered in the European Parliament. But some see this as a veiled threat.
"If the European Parliament does decide to kill the directive, there will be no new proposal from the Commission, Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the Internal Market, told a parliament plenary session on Tuesday evening..."
