Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-16

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_directive_on_the_patentability_of_computer-implemented_inventions


00:01:11 1 History
00:01:20 1.1 Original draft
00:03:43 1.2 Transformation by the European Parliament
00:05:15 1.3 Reversion by the Council of Ministers
00:06:32 1.4 Developments between first Parliament decision and Council decision
00:11:26 1.5 Second reading in Parliament
00:13:22 1.6 Consequences of the rejection
00:14:11 2 Reactions
00:14:21 2.1 Supporters of the proposal
00:15:46 2.2 Opponents of the proposal
00:17:25 3 Aftermath
00:18:35 4 See also



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The Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (Commission proposal COM(2002) 92), procedure number 2002/0047 (COD) was a proposal for a European Union (EU) directive aimed to harmonise national patent laws and practices concerning the granting of patents for computer-implemented inventions, provided they meet certain criteria.
The proposal became a major focus for conflict between those who regarded the proposed directive as a way to codify the case law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (unrelated to the EU institutions) in the sphere of computing, and those who asserted that the directive is an extension of the patentability sphere, not just a harmonisation, that ideas are not patentable and that the expression of those ideas is already adequately protected by the law of copyright.
Following several years of debate and numerous conflicting amendments to the proposal, the proposal was rejected on 6 July 2005 by the European Parliament by an overwhelming majority of 648 to 14 votes.