Brussels, 15/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - Although the Luxembourg Presidency has finally decided not to include computer assisted invention patents in its Ecofin Council agenda on 17 February, the most strident opponents of this “software” directive will be attending the demonstration planned for Thursday in Brussels to again express how bad they think the directive is (EUROPE 12 February pp 7 and 12). Dieter Van Uytvanck, spokesperson for the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), and who is leading the battle, said in a press statement that he was “very happy” that the proposal (which was the subject of a political agreement at the Council in May 2004) can no longer count on a majority at the Council. He exclaimed, however, that they had only got into this situation thanks to the courage of national parliaments and the European Parliament. Uytvanck pointed out that the European Parliament had again asked to be responsible for the proposal in its first reading and that the Dutch parliament and Spanish Senate would vote against the directive but that the Bundestag would be voting on a resolution on 17 February that was very critical of the Council and Commission.