Brussels, 17/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - As requested by the Committee on Legal Affairs, the Conference of Presidents of the political groups of the European Parliament unanimously decided on Thursday to call on the European Commission to refer back to it the draft directive on the patenting of software (see EUROPE of 16 February, p.16). Article 545 of the European Parliament's Rules provides, at a request from the relevant parliamentary committee, for the president of the Parliament to call...