Brussels, 30/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - “No patents for pure software, business methods or algorithms per se”, said Alain Pompidou, President of the European Patent Office (EPO) on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. This Wednesday the EPO organised an information day on patents at the European Parliament. Chaired by British Labour MEP Arlene McCarthy, discussions touched on the role of patents in the economy and the proposed directives on the community patent (EUROPE...