324 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the proposed patenting of computer programmes will cause enormous difficulties for small and medium-sized enterprises which will be unable to obtain or defend a software patent; the position of the Government in respect of Article 52, Chapter 1 of Part II of the European Patent Convention, that programmes for computers are not regarded as inventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13423/06]

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324 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the proposed patenting of computer programmes will cause enormous difficulties for small and medium-sized enterprises which will be unable to obtain or defend a software patent; the position of the Government in respect of Article 52, Chapter 1 of Part II of the European Patent Convention, that programmes for computers are not regarded as inventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13423/06]

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