On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:25:55 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Microsoft's paid shill, Jonathan Zuck, is speaking 'on behalf' of small
> businesses (none of which are his clients) in order to subvert the law.
> Again. These lobbyists should be exiled. It's just a politicizing grease
> machine (based in Washington and Brussels only).
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> SMEs hail new EU strategy on industrial property rights
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> | A key element in the Commission's new strategy, according to the
> President of | the Association for Competitive Technology Jonathan Zuck,
> is the suggestion | that small businesses would be able to avoid costly
> legal proceedings in | court to resolve patent disputes. Instead, the
> Commission says it will look | into the establishment of "alternative
> dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms," | which it acknowledges could
> "substantially improve" the settlement of | disputes.
> |
> | Such a mechanism would be "key for smaller players", allowing all
> parties to | settle disputes more efficiently, said Zuck. |
> | The Commission's draft also stresses the need to set up an EU-wide |
> jurisdiction system for patents. But up till now this has been a major |
> stumbling block in the negotiations on a Community patent, and the
> strategy | offers no new solutions as to how to move forward on the
> issue. `----
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> http://www.euractiv.com/en/innovation/smes-hail-new-eu-strategy-
industrial-property-rights/article-174322
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> More information in Microsoft 'propaganda' site for intellectual
> monopolies in Europe (see below). They need to be sent back on a boat.
No, thanks, you can keep 'em. If you must put them on a boat, Antarctica
would be a good destination.
>
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> Recent:
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> Microsoft’s 4th EU SME Day | Programme
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> | Fighting for Europe’s Community Patent |
> | 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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