__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Sunday 14 January 2007 15:22 \__
> 'What has irked the protestors most are the claims made by USPTO that
> the "historic MoU on bilateral cooperation on IP" allows USPTO to "help
> train Indian patent and trademark examiners, develop education material
> for examiners and produce a manual on patent practice for use by Indian
> examiners and the public"'
>
> "The USPTO, a profit-making body that implements a totally different
> patent system, should not be allowed to teach Indian patent officials
> on what to patent and what not to patent."
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ykbgr9
>
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=271329&chkFlg=
American attempts to rewrite the laws in other countries (just as it alters
regimes). Below are some stories from China, India and -- more remotely --
Europe.
Intellectual Property Protection in China (written by American lawyer, I
heard)
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| A relatively lawless IP environment is advantageous to China's
| short-term interests, just as a strictly enforced IP environment
| suits the interests of net IP exporters such as the United States.
| This issue has been constant irritant in relations between China and
| Western nations, as well as Japan. Nevertheless, China's enforcement
| of intellectual property has steadily improved in recent years.
`----
http://lunaticwisdom.com/blog1/2006/12/22/intellectual-property-protection-in-china/
U.S. official blasts Indian patent system
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| A U.S. official leading a business delegation here called India's
| patent and copyright laws antiquated and unable to offer
| protections necessary for foreign companies to operate
| here... Addressing a business seminar in New Delhi, Lavin said
| India needs to modernize its patent and copyright laws to
| attract more foreign capital. Lavin is leading a business
| delegation that includes 225 U.S. corporate executives from
| about 100 companies such as IBM, AT&T and Motorola.
`----
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196601164&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_newsRSS
Big businesses boast of patent benefits, for small businesses
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| A report published by an EU task force on intellectual property claims
| that small businesses benefit from a patent system, despite lacking
| almost any participation by the small business community.
|
| Instead, the report, titled IPR (intellectual property rights) for
| competitiveness and innovation, was written up almost entirely by
| large corporations and the patent industry.
|
| [...]
|
| The report does note objections from the likes of patentfrei.de and
| Sun Microsystems, which were recorded at some length in the report.
| But this does not appear to have impacted the conclusion of the
| report in any way
|
| [...]
|
| Jean-Pierre Laisne, of ObjectWeb, an open source software community,
| said that he found the report useless: participants were told that
| all their contributions would be recorded but at the end only
| those of Business Software Alliance and Microsoft were used.
`----
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/99155/big-businesses-boast-of-patent-benefits-for-small-businesses.html
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