“The Euro PAP web service of the Polish Press Agency (PAP)
writes that the draft directive ‘on the patentability of
computer-implemented inventions’ (software patent directive) is
likely to be adopted on the 17 February meeting of the Council of
Ministers of Finance, because Poland will no longer block the
vote.“On February 2nd, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European
Parliament (JURI) decided with a large majority to ask the
Commission for a renewed referral of the Software Patent Directive.
However, the Commission is not obliged to comply to the
Parliament’s request and the Presidency may still schedule the vote
on the Directive on one of the next Council meetings…”