Strasbourg, 05/07/2005 (Agence Europe) "A hugely important vote", which bears witness to the "EP's willingness to send a very strong signal to the Council and the Commission", was how French Socialist Michel Rocard described the overwhelming rejection of the Council's common position on the proposed directive on the patentability of inventions developed by computer. The vote was not even close: 648 MEPs took position against the text of the Council, 14 voted in favour and 18 abstained. The...