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EU bodies to discuss IP barriers to innovation
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| A meeting of members of the European Commission and
| Council of Ministers will today and tomorrow discuss
| whether the European Union's intellectual property laws
| are holding back the region's competitiveness.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/eu_ip_innovation/
Chamber Of Commerce Gets Basic Stats Backwards, Calls For Stronger US Patent Protection For No Good Reason
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| David Levine points us to an analysis by Kevin Smith (not
| the movie maker) at Duke University of a recent report
| from the World Economic Forum, placing the US as 19th in
| how strong our intellectual property laws are. This report
| caused the US Chamber of Commerce to say it's evidence
| that the US needs stronger IP laws. Yet, Smith points out
| how silly this analysis is. First, being 19th out of 133
| is already pretty damn near the top of the list. Second,
| the way the WEF ranked the strength of IP systems was
| based entirely on "executive perceptions" of IP laws in
| certain countries -- hardly a definitive measure. But,
| most important, the report shows nothing of the actual
| impact on innovation.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090921/0159496259.shtml
September 24 is World Day Against Software Patents
http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/
Related:
Sept 24 Is World Day Against Software Patents
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| "Veteran European anti-software patent campaigners have launched the World
| Day against Software Patents. They say, 'The issue of software patents is a
| global one, and several governments and patent offices around the world
| continue to grant software & business method patents on a daily basis; they
| are pushing for legal codification of the practice, such as currently in New
| Zealand and India.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/09/23/2228237.shtml
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