Direktivforslaget vil, i modsætning til det i den europæiske patentkonvention fastsatte, tillade computerimplementerede idéers patenterbarhed, hvilket går langt ud over den beskyttelse, som ophavsretten giver, og vil betyde en krystallisering af "intelligenser" og virke som en katastrofal bremse for den teknologiske udvikling - og også for den økonomiske og sociale udvikling.
In contravention of the provisions of the European Patent Convention, this proposal for a directive allows for the patentability of ideas implemented by software programs to be authorised. That goes much further than the safeguards already provided by copyright, and would lead to the stagnation of 'intelligences' and the disastrous establishment of an obstacle to technological development per se, as well as to economic and social development.