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DE Liberals 2004-05-26 Ask for Bundestag Vote Against Software Patents

The German Liberal Democrats (FDP) have submitted a resolution proposal to the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) in which they explain in detail why software patents as granted by the European Patent Office are undesirable and incompatible with the written law and how this malpractise should be rectified. The FDP finds that the European Parliament found an "adequate compromise" in its vote of 2003-09-24, and that this compromise deserves the German government's full support, whereas the Council of ministers agreed on a "misguided economic policy decision" last week. The resolution calls on the government to withdraw its support from the Council's decision and to declare support for the European Parliament's vote instead. It is now up to the governing green and socialist groups to supports the FDP's resolution and destabilise or delegitimate the Council's patent-maximalist decision.

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