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Wallonia -- French Belgium
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Belgian politicians have been fairly critical of software patents both in the European Parliament (e.g. Olga Zrihen MEP) and in the government. However the parliament has not taken charge of the question and is leaving it to ministerial patent experts whose contribution to the Council's secretive "IP working party" policy formation remains unknown.

Annotated Links

->Softwarepatenten? Nee, bedankt
Dutch language website maintained by Dieter Van Uiytvanck which quotes a lot of belgian voices on software patents.
->PS.BE 2002: Software Copyrightable, not Patentable
The Belgian Socialist Party's Election Program of 2003 stipulates on page 110:

Les logiciels .. doivent continuer a être protégés par le droit d'auteur plutôt que le brevet.
->REU/DKPMA 2002/09/23: Änderungsvorschläge zum Softwarepatente-Richtlinienentwurf
In the Council negotiations of 2002 the belgian and french representatives were among the more critical, but eventually they gave in to the patent hardliners and merely expressed "reservations".
->(Liste de Signatures de la Pétition des Étudiants de l'Université de Louvain)

Questions, Things To Do, How you can Help

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?!?Influence Belgian position in the Council
Dieter Van Uytvanck tells you in flemish to whom to write and how.
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