The three largest groups in the European Parliament have decided to conditionally show their approval of a controversial patent agreement, in a move that is likely to have a significant effect on the future of European software patent policy.
In a draft resolution agreed upon this week, the conservative EPP-ED, the social democratic PES and the libertarian ALDE agreed, among other things, that the controversial European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) was worthy of further discussion, while noting particular reservations.
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