ZDNet UK: EU Parliament Demands Patent Restart

"The battle to prevent software patents being introduced in Europe received a major boost on Wednesday afternoon when the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament (EP) demanded for the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID) to be rewritten.

"A European Parliament spokesman confirmed on Thursday that the President of the European Parliament will asked the European Commission (EC) to take the patent directive back to the drawing board..."

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