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Poland gets cold feet on Europatents

A press release has gone out stating that the Polish government has officially decided that it is unable to support software patents in Europe.
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Consequently, the EU Council is unable to formally adopt that legislative proposal as its common position. Without the support of Poland, those countries that supported the proposal in May now fall short of a qualified majority by 16 votes.

Needless to say, this is an important development. Software patents will probably not be defeated quite this easily, but this is an important step in that direction.


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