| Heated Demonstrations Precede Europe's Vote On Software Patents |
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The issue of software patents for Europe heated up Thursday as some 250 demonstrators descended on members of the European Parliament to argue in favor of strong software patent laws.
Earlier this week Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee ruled in favor of patent protection for software in certain instances. Parliament is scheduled to vote on the issue next month, but with 25 European countries and various European Union agencies and political bodies scheduled to debate the issue for months, a resolution seems far away.
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