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The European Parliament is facing the challenge of reaffirming the effective exclusion of software patentability for which it had voted on 24th September 2003, so as to be able to force the Council and Commission to conduct a discussion on substance. This page contains pointers to documents which may be worth consulting by members of the European Parliament when amending the Council's Uncommon Position.

Results of the JURI vote

• FFII report and analysis

• Adopted amendments pdf | doc

Analysis of amendments presented to JURI

• FFII voting list for the JURI session of June 20: doc | pdf

• Ten Core Clarifications (de | fr | it | nl) (pdf en | pdf fr | pdf it | pdf nl | pdf sv)

• Voting list regarding amendments pertaining to the core clarifications: doc (it) | pdf (it)

• All analyses together in one file, including voting recommendations

• How to Achieve the Aims of the "Common Positon" -- Paper for Discussion in EPP (de | fr | it) (source | de | fr)

Format: topic: article (amendment numbers), article (amendment numbers), ...

• Rejection: Acceptance/rejection (40, 41)

• Title and purpose: Title (1, 42, 43, 44), Art 1 (23, 45, 46, 47, 48)

• Defining "computer aided/implemented invention": Art 2 a (24, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)

• Defining technical contribution: Art 2 b (25, 49, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65), Art 10 a (new) (205)

• Defining "technical" and "field of technology": Art 2 (various new) (26, 27, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76)

• Positive and negative definition of "Industry": Art 2 (various new) (75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82)

• Various definitions: Art 2 (various new) (28, 83), Rec 14 a (new) (228), Rec 16 a (new) (16, 236)

• Untangling technical contribution and inventive step: Art 3 (29, 30, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91), Rec 12 (11, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217), Rec 13 (12, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225)

• Negative definitions of "contribution" '' "invention": Art 3.2 (new) /(92, 93, 95), Art 4.2 (32, 98), Art 4 bis (114), Art 4.2 a (new) (110, 111, 112, 113, 115), Rec 14 (13, 226, 227), Rec 15 (229)

• Disclosure of the invention: Art 3.2 (new) (94, 96), Art 6 b (new) (158), Rec 17 a (new) (239, 240)

• Definition of computer program: Art 4.1 (31, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103), Art 4.1a/4.2 (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109)

• Product and process claims: Art 5.1 (33, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121)

• Freedom of Publication: Art 5.1/2 a (new) (122, 123, 134, 135, 141, 143)

• Disclosure of a sample program: Art 5.1/2 b/c (new) (124, 125, 140, 144), Rec 17 b (new) (241)

• Program Claims: Art 5.2 (34, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133)

• Limits of use of the patent: Art 5.2 b (new) (136, 137, 138, 139, 142), Rec 17 (16, 237, 238)

• Interoperability: Art 2 b a (new) (66, 69, 80, 84), Art 6 bis (new) (35, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160), Rec 18 a (new) (243), Rec 21 (250, 251, 252), Rec 21 a (new) (254), Rec 22 (21, 255)

• Importance of SMEs: Art 7 a (new) (163), Art 7 bis (new) (164), Art 8 a a (new) (167, 168), Art 8 g a (new) (174), Rec 20 a (new) (249)

• Monitoring, Creation of Committees, Raising of State Quota: Art 7 (161, 162), Art 8 (36, 37, 38, 39, 165, 166, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179), Art 9 (180), Rec 21 a (new) (253)

• The Need for Harmonisation Rec 1 (2, 181), Rec 2 (3, 182), Rec 5 (4, 183), Rec 8 (7, 193), Rec 23 (22, 256)

• Meaning of TRIPs: Rec 6 (5, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189)

• Interpretation of the European Patent Convention Rec 5a (new) (184), Rec 7 (6, 190, 191, 192), Rec 8 a (new) (194, 195)

• What patents are good for: Rec 9 (8, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200)

• Relation between patents and copyright: Rec 10 (9, 201, 202, 203, 204)

• Replace "invention" with "innovation" where patentability is not established: Rec 11 (10, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211)

• Excuse for Patenting Algorithms: Rec 16 (15, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235)

• Not a separate body of law: Rec 18 (18, 242), Rec 19 (19, 244, 245, 246)

• Regional competitiveness: Rec 20 (20, 247, 248)

Amendments