08:48 Oct 31, 2010 

seems to be the one that makes most sense ("seems to indicate"), but I am not 100% sure whether really it translates the original (which I frankly still do not undersatnd!) . I'm going to use it but will point out to the client that this needs clarifying.
Thanks to you all for your assistance on this question

17:45 Oct 27, 2010 

You have the context now!

13:30 Oct 27, 2010 

The context is :

Par ailleurs, la controverse excessive entourant la question de savoir si, de lege ferenda, non seulement les composants "must fit", mais également les composants "must match" méritent d'être protégés, fait mauvais augure de ce qu'une jurisprudence future reviendrait sur la question de façon à limiter, au titre du droit de la concurrence, l’extension de la protection dans la première, voire dans la deuxième hypothèse.
Not sure it will help - but thanks for the suggestions made so far.

13:24 Oct 27, 2010 

No context no "official" comment - that's my principle. :-)

13:17 Oct 27, 2010 

I agree with your suggestion, Brigitte - you could possibly preface it with 'Unfortunately'. Why don't you post it as an answer? It doesn't look as though we're going to get any context, so we don't know what 'controverse' refers to.

09:23 Oct 27, 2010 

@ Brigitte: or imply

09:17 Oct 27, 2010 

that this issue will have to be addressed again in future.
Simply put - I would like to see more context before offering anything more precise.