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Suggestion: Engineers Go On A Patent Strike
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| Basically, his argument is that most engineers recognize how harmful the
| patent system is, but are pushed into patenting by lawyers and management,
| and the only way to get the message out is to stop assisting with anything
| having to do with patents.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090421/0338254593.shtml
IPR Bill Regulations promulgated - the death knell for open science in South
Africa?
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| The Department of Science and Technology has published the Regulations for
| the implementation of the IPR Act of 2008. These have serious implications
| for researchers and the universities and research institutions they work in
| and even more dire implications for open access and open innovation in South
| Africa.
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| I set out below my preliminary reading of what these Regulations might mean.
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http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray-area/2009/04/21/ipr-bill-regulations
Conference on "Make software patents work for SMEs"
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| The European Commission is organising a conference dedicated to "Make IPR
| work for SMEs" next Monday in Brussels. You can submit your questions by
| email to me for next Monday on how to "Make software patents work for SMEs".
| I might be interested to submit them.
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-150656/conference-on-make-software-patents-work-for-smes
Parasitical lawyers for the most part...
Recent:
Time to rethink intellectual property laws?
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| Conversely, there is widespread anecdotal evidence that the act created a
| mind-set among many researchers that their knowledge represents a potential
| goldmine not to be shared with potential competitors (i.e. those working in
| other universities) - at least until it has been protected by a patent
| application.
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| Similarly, the act has led to a flood of “upstream” patents on basic
| scientific knowledge, leading to what some commentators describe as a
| virtually impenetrable “patent thicket” blocking small-scale inventors from
| marketing their products. For example, restrictive software patents limit
| further development and commercialisation in the field of information
| technology.
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http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8543&page=1
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