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    The EU Council has approved a controversial proposal on software patents, despite opposition from numerous software developers and some European countries.

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    The European Parliament (EP) agreed on Wednesday that the EU Council did not break procedural rules when it adopted the software patent directive earlier this month.

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    The European Commission is pushing the EU Council to ratify the controversial software patent directive, sweeping aside the concerns raised last week by a European Parliament committee.

  • Poles push patents off EU agenda

    The EU has again failed to ratify the software patent directive after a crucial last-minute intervention, and opponents of software patents are celebrating.

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    By withdrawing its support for the EU directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions, the Polish government may prevent software patenting being introduced in Europe.

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    The information technology boom and bust of the 1990s is leaving a lot more than worthless shares and frustrated investors in its wake; it is producing a mountain of electronic waste as technological advancements make computers and other devices containing toxic products obsolete at an increasing pace.

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