”The EU Parliament Abdicates Its Powers Over the Patent System”

Video of my intervention in the patent debate (3 min)

In the European Parliament today, we had first debate and then a vote on the Patent Package. The result of the vote was a defeat — the parliament decided to approve the package, which means that the European Patent Office can continue to disregard the law, and grant patents on pretty much whatever it wants, including software and biological life.

Watch the video clip of my intervention in the debate (3 min)