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Study: Fragmented EU patent system impedes innovation
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| The lack of a Europe-wide Community patent poses "incredible challenges" for
| small businesses and undermines the EU's goal of becoming the most
| competitive knowledge-based economy in the world, according to a new study.
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| [...]
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| To bypass the EU regulatory framework, many innovative companies and
| especially SMEs end up "skipping" the European market by applying for a
| patent in the US, Jonathan Zuck of the Association for Competitive Technology
| (ACT) told EurActiv.
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http://www.euractiv.com/en/innovation/study-fragmented-eu-patent-system-impedes-innovation/article-177887
Related:
How OOXML vote could change all -- and nothing
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| Whether the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) should adopt
| OOXML is a question that has fuelled a blog battle between supporters and
| opponents, ahead of this week's meeting in Geneva to finalize the text that
| will be put to the vote.
|
| But will the final decision even matter?
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| Definitely not, according to Andy Updegrove, a Boston lawyer who works with
| industry standards bodies.
|
| [...]
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| Whatever the outcome of the vote, that secrecy is one of the things that
| should change in the way IT standards are developed, Sutor said.
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| "Minutes should be published. This secrecy ... has to end," he said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1776565889&rid=-50
Microsoft’s 4th EU SME Day | Programme
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| Fighting for Europe’s Community Patent
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| The European Commission is again gearing up to launch support for a community
| patent. Association of Comeptitive Technologies (ACT) to explore where
| entrepreneurs can directly communicate to policy makers why a community
| patent must succeeed and what it should look like.
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http://smeday.eu/2008/smeday/programme.htm
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