European Patent Office: "We need to face up to new challenges"
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| The message from industry is very clear, they want a Community patent, but
| they don't like what's on the table. There are also voices which say that
| they are absolutely certain that EPLA is exactly what they want, and others
| who have real reservations. But you have to get on with what you can, whether
| it's development of the European Patent Network or working more closely in
| the Trilateral with Japan and the US, and with the fast growing offices of
| China and South Korea.
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http://www.epo.org/about-us/press/backgrounders/interview.html
Related (this week):
More Patents and New Business Models
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| I firmly believe that Microsoft’s intellectual business division is
| executing a well-thought out plan – monetize where possible (Novell),
| implicitly threaten where monetization is not possible and sow enough
| uncertainty to slow down those who don’t acquiesce, directly or
| indirectly, to Microsoft’s licensing pressure.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/06/more_patents_an.html
Peer-to-Patent: Helping out the USPTO
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| I was impressed to see the list of corporate sponsors (see the logos below).
| There are some pretty big names there. It's unsurprising given the rise of
| technology-licensing companies like Acacia. The bigger companies have the
| most to lose when it comes to patent lawsuits.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/06/peertopatent_he.html
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