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Tech firms want Europe patent software law pulled By Lucas van Grinsven, European Technology Correspondent AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European high-tech leaders said on Monday they would prefer the European Parliament to scrap a controversial software patent law rather than confuse it with dozens of amendments when it votes later this week. Big technology firms said most, if not all, amendments to the original proposal, or Common Position, should be taken off the table. Consumer interest groups, which have added dozens more amendments in recent weeks, urged European Members of Parliament to vote in favor of key amendments. "Any departure from the Common Position would put at risk our future prosperity and significant numbers of jobs across Europe," Serge Tchuruk, the Chief Executive of French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel, said in a statement. The European Parliament is set to vote on the law on Wednesday, but Netherlands-based electronics conglomerate Philips said it was best withdrawn before it was cluttered with amendments. "It will become legally confusing," a spokeswoman said. The CEOs of Nokia, Siemens and Ericsson also voiced their concerns. The new law was designed to harmonize European patenting laws and guarantee that high-tech companies can register computer-implemented innovations. Consumer interest bodies have proposed dozens of amendments because they are concerned about "excessive patenting that has become all too apparent" in Europe, an alliance of open source and consumer groups said in a joint statement. They urged members of parliament to vote for the so-called Rocard-Buzek amendments which "eliminate circular reasoning ... and actually place limits on patentability -- something to which the Council paper only pays lip service. "At the same time, they preserve the ability of the electro-technical sectors to patent inventions that incorporate software," they added.
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