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Again, there is a misinformation about this proposal: in no way will the European Patent Office accept US-like software patents. On the contrary, the purpose of the new proposal is to put on paper what has already been done in the EPO for years: refuse any software patent that is not new, inventive, industrially applicable "and achieving a technical effect".
Whenever I check the so called "software related" EPxxx patents, they have not been granted by the EPO (but sometimes are granted in a USxxx form by the USPTO). I still need to see examples of patents that should not have been granted in the EPO (the EPO is not perfect, there can be some  )
No software patent in Europe means let non European industry plunder the European software based intellectual property (does someone know about copyrights in China ?).
Of course, not all software can be patented, but it's already taken care of by the EPO...
by the way, if you are a national of the EPO member states, have a scientific degree (MsC or better) and speak the 3 official languages (English, German and French), the EPO is recruiting 
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