According to the US, the EU directives are not going far enough. They say that they are not in line with guidelines of the WTO and WIPO, so implicitly they are threatening with legal cases already. On the 22nd of September the votes will be on in Parliament, latest reports say.

What is this all about?
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/08/276161.html

see links to the fax:
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See also: scientists against the proposed EU-directive:
 http://www.researchineurope.org/documents/index.htm
Latest developments:
 http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/oeil/oeil_ViewDNL.ProcedureView?lang=2&procid=5974