Submission + - Software patent debate over in Europe for now?
Anonymous EPA writes: The website of the European Patent Office is running a story about a recent agreement not to revive the debate on software patents in Europe nor to promote new legislation. The article can be found at http://www.epo.org/focus/news/2007/20070706.html .
To quote: "All speakers welcomed unequivocally the opportunity to discuss the issue at a high level and made clear that a new CII (computer-implemented inventions) debate followed by legal modifications was neither necessary nor desirable."