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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).
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.
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| Such a mechanism would be "key for smaller players", allowing all parties to
| settle disputes more efficiently, said Zuck.
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| 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
More information in Microsoft 'propaganda' site for intellectual monopolies in
Europe (see below). They need to be sent back on a boat.
Recent:
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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