“On 24 September 2003, after 19 months of consideration, the
European Parliament voted on the software patent directive, and
made substantial amendments to exclude patents on pure software and
business methods. However, regular rows between the European
Council and Parliament; the Council ignoring many of the
Parliaments amendments; and the Committee for Legal Affairs of the
European Parliament’s (JURI) subterfuge tactics to try and push it
through, mean that pure software patents in Europe are still a
scary possibility“Restart the process…?”