____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 05 June 2008 23:24 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> EU and USA negotiating mutual patent recognition
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>>| In its statement on the results of the Transatlantic Economic Council
>>| negotiations, issued last week, the council made brief reference to the
>>| intellectual property rights issue. A single bullet point in the statement
>>| references a roadmap issued jointly by the European Commission and US
>>| Patent Office aimed at advancing "global patent harmonization".
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>>| [...]
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>>| According to FFII President Alberto Barrionuevo, in the TEC talks the
>>| commission overstepped its bounds with respect to commercial rights. "The
>>| European Union has neither a Community patent, nor a common material patent
>>| law." The only exception is the Biotech Directive. For that reason
>>| Barrionuevo believes that, "Discussing a bilateral patent treaty with the
>>| United States is superfluous. It is the blind leading the blind." He thinks
>>| that if the US really wants to fix its patent practises, it should first
>>| enact its controversial planned patent reforms and become a signatory to
>>| the European Patent Convention. McCreevy's spokesperson stated that the
>>| treaty was not about software patents, "Something not approved here could
>>| not be recognised."
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>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/108232/from/rss09
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> More corruption in action... how much did this guy cost?
Microsoft hired a lobbyist a few days ago. It was in order to address the OOXML
corruptions. The FFII folks keep a close eye on him and the Community patent
(backdoor to swpatents).
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