Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Europe's World: Regulating Brussels? legion of lobbyists
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The Commission believes that this sort of financial disclosure will indicate
>| the level of influence that a lobby group can be expected to have.
> `----
>
> http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-37904/stubb-mep:europe-s-world:regulating-brussels-legion-of-lobbyists
>
> Laws for sales. Don't they see a problem with this? How about OOXML votes for
> sale? The system is *totally* corrupted. And here's what you get with
> new 'laws':
>
> Gemstar EPG patent strategy, sue first then talk
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Last week Gemstar sued Virgin Media for patent infringement before a UK
>| court. Gemstar holds IP rights to a number of ?interactive television?, or,
>| more precisely, EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) patents, in the US also
>| known as ?interactive programme guides? or IPGs.
> `----
>
> http://ipgeek.blogspot.com/2008/01/gemstar-epg-patent-strategy-sue-first.html
>
As these are software patents, they're not valid in the UK, or, for that
matter, the EU.
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