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More Evil from the Intellectual Monopolies Mob
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| Basically, the IM mob are desperately trying to con
| unions into doing their dirty work by pushing out
| propaganda on intellectual monopolies. I just love
| the line "The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of
| America) and IIPA (International Intellectual
| Property Association) were both very enthusiastic
| about this proposal": you bet they are. Their own
| ham-fisted efforts have backfired so spectacularly
| that they are desperate for someone else not tainted
| by their inept approach of punishing consumers to
| try.
|
| The following is also significant:
|
| The discussion on future work mostly focus on
| climate change. General Electric and Microsoft
| were particularly outspoken in highlighting their
| fear that some current negotiations over green
| technology and IPR would weaken IPR. They also
| denounced the inclusion of proposals that limit
| patentable subject matter and recommend
| compulsory licenses or licenses of rights.
|
| As well as Microsoft's usual bleating about not being
| allowed to patent software in some jurisdictions,
| it's interesting to note that both it and General
| Electric seem to rate the preservation of
| intellectual monopolies rather higher than the
| preservation of our planet. Pure evil.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-evil-from-intellectual-monopolies.html
Cracks in the ACTA Wall of Secrecy
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| Hitherto, there's been no suggestion of any
| dissension within the ACTA ranks; so this comment in
| a blog post from Jamie Love about a lunch meeting of
| civil society NGOs held by the UK's Intellectual
| Property Office during the WIPO meeting is
| intriguing:
|
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| The UK IP office said it had complained frequently | of the secrecy of the ACTA negotiations.
|
| Perhaps if we can get a few more of the insiders
| moaning about this unnecessary lack of transparency,
| things will finally start moving.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/09/cracks-in-acta-wall-of-secrecy.html
Recent:
Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
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| A senior lawyer at Microsoft is calling for the creation of a global patent
| system to make it easier and faster for corporations to enforce their
| intellectual property rights around the world.
|
| In a blog posting on Tuesday, Microsoft's Deputy General Counsel Horacio
| Gutierrez said that a backlog of patent applications internationally was
| needed to tackle the 3.5 million pending patent applications around the world
| â including around 750,000 in the US.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39736289,00.htm
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