From: "Bashir Khanbhai" <bkhanbhai@europarl.eu.int>
To: <tim@timj.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Software patenting: request for action
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 14:37:17 +0200
Dear Mr Jackson,
I have passed your response to my colleague, Malcolm Harbour MEP, who is
leading on the issue.
He is considering your comments seriously and will bear them in mind
throughout the parliamentary process.
It is not his view that this directive is an attempt to expand the scope
of patentability and we are not passing the proposal on this basis.
There is also a 'review clause' in the directive, therefore, if the
directive does not achieve its policy objectives, it can be reconsidered.
Kind regards,
Bashir Khanbhai MEP