STRASBOURG, July 6 (Reuters) – The European Parliament voted to throw out a controversial EU bill to harmonise the patenting of software-related inventions on Wednesday after lawmakers said it pleased nobody in its present form.
The assembly voted by 648 to 14 with 18 abstentions to reject the law and stop a version of the legislation, already approved by the European Union’s 25 member states, from becoming law.
The European Commission which drafted the bill said it respected the decision and that it would not put forward any new proposed legislation in this area.
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