Patent trouble reversed? Yay for Germany!
Groklaw “points out”:http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040513125154288 that Germany may vote against the new patent harmonisation proposals on 17 May, which would be a major blow to the pro-software-patent lobby, as well as a huge relief to me. Thank goodness Germany will prevent Ireland from being its own worst enemy. The council of ministers should never have done that end run around the EU parliament.
Actually, this may not be as good as initially appeared–all this means is that the issue will have to be discussed, rather than passing through without discussion.