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EU Ministers Went Off-Brief In Patent Vote

Posted by simoniker on from the ot-ot-ot dept.

MartinB writes "Several EU ministers reportedly went against the wishes of their nations in voting for the proposed EU Software Patent legislation in May. Among those misleading the council of ministers were representatives from Holland, Poland and Germany. The Dutch parliament is going as far as asking to change its vote, which was originally in favour of making software patentable."

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  2. EU ministers get off to patents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t

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  5. Re:I'm shocked. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  6. You know what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. What about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Several EU ministers called.. they want their software patent back.

  8. At least it's better than the US... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... where the legislator's briefs are frequently off!

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    at least you got modded down...

    1. Re:it's CUE you dumbass! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      really?
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    It seems that socialism isn't a perfect system after all.

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  12. Re:GNBasic = GNBasic Not Basic. by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm suing you for infringing on my patent on the GOTO statement, as well as my patents on the letters 'g', 'o', 't', and 'o'.

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