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U.S. Supreme Court set to hear Bilski v. Kappos
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| The United States Supreme Court will hear
| a patent case on Nov. 9 that has
| implications for both method and software
| patents, and it has gained widespread
| attention from industry groups, professors
| and businesses looking to influence the
| high courtâs thinking.
|
| But at least one lawyer expects that the
| decision made in this case will not fix
| anything at the United States Patent and
| Trademark Office (USPTO).
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http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=33871
Correcting Microsoft's Bilski Amicus Brief -- How Do Computers Really Work?
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| I have noticed something about PDF the
| amicus brief from Microsoft, Philips and
| Symantec submitted to the US SUpreme Court
| in the In re Bilski case. This amicus
| brief relies on a particular
| interpretation of the history of computing
| and on its own description of the inner
| workings of a computer to argue that
| software should be patentable subject
| matter. I argue that both the history and
| the description of the actual working of a
| computer is inaccurate.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091029172602205
Recent:
Fresh air at WIPO, but old habits die hard
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| The result of all this was that despite excellent high-level speakers from
| international organisations, the conference ended up mainly representing the
| positions of those who have long been in control at WIPO: Governments of the
| US, the EU and Japan, along with large industrial rightsholders. There were
| hardly any industry stakeholders from developing countries, and no public
| interest NGOs represented among the speakers.
|
| By not including the broader picture, WIPO has missed out on the best
| opportunity in years to demonstrate that it wants to play a productive role
| in helping humanity to manage its knowledge wisely. There clearly are good
| intentions in the organisation. Now WIPO only needs to act on them.
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http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=241
D Ravi Kanth: A Trips-plus agenda at WIPO
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| Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat itâ is a timely
| reminder for key actors who are bent on pushing failed agendas. As
| governments and multilateral institutions struggle to recover from a
| pervasive crisis of confidence stemming from the current political and
| economic climate, it is important to not make the same mistakes all over
| again. But the tendency is to cock a snook at such warnings.
|
| [...]
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| Internally, the abrupt removal of Ram Kishan Singh, a junior official, who
| worked for nine years in the organisation with an outstanding record and the
| proposed reforms in the staffing pattern raise serious questions whether
| developing country officials are specific targets in the onward march of a
| renewed western IP agenda at WIPO!
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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/d-ravi-kanthtrips-plus-agenda-at-wipo/364449/
Chasing the WIPO representative
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| I think Iâll try to follow up on this on Tuesday. The meeting will be long
| done by then and the treaty proposal probably clobbered, but itâs a worthy
| battle. The problem is, this entire exercise - while taking on 30 minutes -
| was like out of a bad episode of Yes, Minister. Organizations pointing at
| each other, despite best intentions, without anybody actually answering the
| question. In bureaucracies, the concept of democracy gets ignored once the
| elections are up and the bureaucrats take over the reins. I wrote a piece
| about bureaucracy earlier which, I think, illustrates this fairly well.
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| The fact that delegates to conventions such as these have almost zero
| accountability to the people they claim to represent is a black mark on the
| idea of democracy. It is one of many things that I aim to fix.
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http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2009/05/29/chasing-the-wipo-representative/
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