The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted on June 17th to go ahead with legalizing software patents in Europe.
The Greens in the European Parliament have published a critical statement on the vote. Member of the European Parliament Mercedes Echerer is quoted with:
"You can be sure that the report will have a very bumpy ride when it goes to plenary in September with one third of committee members in opposition."
Fasten your seatbelts. Even if the directive proposal gets approved in Parliament, that won't be the end of this debate.