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Is the demand for patents stifling reform?
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| One of the fears – particularly in the software community – is that
| globalization of patents will mean dumbing down to the system in the US,
| where the bar for what can be patented is set lower than in Europe.
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| In the EU the system not only sets tougher standards for applicants, it’s
| also much more expensive to litigate here than stateside, partly because you
| have to fight it out in several different national patent courts, rather than
| in just one in the US.
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http://bulletin.sciencebusiness.net/ebulletins/showissue.php3?page=/548/art/13867&ch=1
"The European Patent Office is a Corrupt, Malicious Organisation Which Should
Not Exist"
--Richard Stallman
“Staff at the European Patent Office went on strike accusing the organization
of corruption: specifically, stretching the standards for patents in order to
make more money.
“One of the ways that the EPO has done this is by issuing software patents in
defiance of the treaty that set it up.”
--Richard Stallman
Recent:
EU Software Patents v3.0: The Patent Empire Counter Attack
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| Four years ago, the European Parliament has rejected a directive that would
| have codified the practice to grant software patents by the European Patent
| Office. Now the President of the EPO has decided to refer the question of
| software patents to the Enlarged Board of Appeal, in an other attempt to
| validate the case law developed by the Technical Board of Appeals. Another
| attempt to create an harmonious interpretation of the Convention is the
| creation of a central patent court.
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http://www.hackerspace.net/eu-software-patents-v3-0:the-patent-empire-counter-attack
EU commission takes another shot at software patents
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| The big problem with regard to software patents is the question of invested
| effort. The whole debate about software patents usually evolves around the
| question whether or not copyright is a sufficient protection for software. In
| my opinion it is, which can be shown very easily:
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| 1. First you have an idea. This costs you nothing.
| 2. Then you sit down and invest work in an implementation of your idea.
| This implementation is fully covered by copyright, and is your first real
| investment into the idea.
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http://blogs.fsfe.org/tonnerre/?p=42
IAM exclusive - Brimelow to quit as EPO President
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| Alison Brimelow will not seek reappointment as President of the European
| Patent Office when her current term expires at the end of June 2010, it was
| announced today. Rainer Osterwalder, Director of Media Relations at the EPO,
| told IAM this afternoon: "Yes, I can confirm that Alison Brimelow has
| informed the EPO staff today that she will not seek an extension of her
| contract which ends on 30 June 2010."
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http://www.iam-magazine.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?g=c54c7e9c-28e0-42cf-9e10-389812ad3e60
Software patents plot buried under amicus avalanche
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| The EPO's latest attempt to validate their widely criticized practice of
| software patenting has been met with a much stronger response than expected.
| This broad public interest comes in reaction to the referral on the
| patentability of software to the Enlarged Board of Appeal. The referral
| procedure allows interested third parties to file statements - Amicus Curiae
| Briefs - to present their views to the members of the board. The Enlarged
| Board of Appeals asked for such statements to be submitted by end of April
| and a total of 89 such statements have been published by the Register so far.
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http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/Software_patents_plot_buried_under_amicus_avalanche
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