On July 6,2005,the heated debate that has surrounded the proposed harmonisation of the law on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions was ended by the European Parliament's overwhelming vote to reject the Council's common position on the software patent directive.Harmonising legislation was necessary in the Commission's view because it thought the law and administrative practices of the Member states relating to the patentability of computer-implemented inventions divergent and the legal situation ambiguous and lacking in certainty;a view that is apparently shared by various "stakeholders"in the European software industry.
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