Brussels, 17/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 December in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted by 413 votes to 86, with 28 abstentions, a resolution by the EPP, S&D, ECR and ALDE groups. This effectively calls on the European Commission to urgently clarify the scope and interpretation of the 98/44/EC directive on patents, “in order to ensure legal clarity regarding the prohibition of the patentability of products obtained from essentially biological processes, and to clarify...