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EU Software Patents back to the Drawing Board
On 2 February the the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament decided to request a restart of the process on the controversial software patent directive, making formal ratification of the EU Council's political agreement of 18 May 2004 is virtually impossible.
This is excellent news. The fight is by no means over, since the Commission is likely to submit a new proposal, but with opposition gathering to patents, the move buys valuable extra time for the 'No' campaign to garner support. See here for more details on the legal technicalities.