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Long and winding road to single EU patent and patent court system
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| The FFII criticizes that an incredibly
| powerful, international patent and patent court
| system would then be able to take controversial
| decisions while there wouldn't be a single
| powerful and democratically elected legislator
| that could correct undesirable developments
| through new and better laws.
|
| The FFII doesn't mean that the judges
| themselves should be under democratic control
| (judges should always be as independent from
| political bodies as possible) but that there
| should be a lawmaking body that can pass new
| legislation related to all aspects of patent
| law. Even the European Parliament wouldn't be
| able to do so. It has to share legislative
| powers in the EU with the national governments
| of the Member States, and the geographic scope
| of the UPLS would go beyond the borders of the
| EU itself.
|
| Critics of the UPLS also have structural
| concerns, such as over what would happen if
| such a relatively autonomous court system
| exclusively specialized on patents and detached
| from the general judicial framework had to rule
| on a case in which a party claims fundamental
| rights under its country's constitution.
|
| [...]
|
| For the event that the European Court of
| Justices "gives some green light" for the
| reform initiative, Benjamin Henrion predicts
| "huge lobbying."
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http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/long-and-winding-road-to-single-eu.html
Recent:
Another (weak) Defense of Software Patents (and its rebuttal)
http://ffii.soup.io/post/36444867/Another-weak-Defense-of-Software-Patents-and
Rovi to Appeal English High Court Ruling in EPG Patent Litigation against Virgin Media
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| Rovi on Monday issued a statement--attributed
| to its SVP of worldwide patent licensing,
| Samir Armaly--making clear that it plans to
| appeal the court's decision: "While we are
| pleased that the court found all of the
| patents to be infringed by Virgin, we strongly
| disagree with the court's ruling on the
| validity issues, and intend to appeal the
| decision," the statement read. "We also intend
| to continue to pursue Virgin and other
| unlicensed companies for their infringement of
| our intellectual property, to join the
| numerous companies who have already taken
| licenses to our patents issued throughout the
| world."
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http://www.itvt.com/story/6149/rovi-appeal-english-high-court-ruling-epg-patent-litigation-against-virgin-media
German Court Declares EFI Victorious In Important Patent
Litigation Against Durst Involving Inkjet Technology
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2689130/
Virgin Media wins Gemstar EPG ruling
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| Virgin Media has succeeded in the patent dispute
| brought against it by Gemstar TV Guide. The
| London High Court rulings call into question the
| ability for intellectual property rights holder
| Rovi to enforce its patents both in the UK and
| with operators around the world.
|
| Gemstar, now part of Rovi, had claimed the
| cablenetâs EPG had breached three patents â EP
| 0969662, EP 1377049 and EP 1613066 â which were
| involved in the display and transfer of
| programme information and metadata. BSkyB,
| Foxtel, Portugal Telecom, Sky Italia and UPC
| Broadband have all signed up to Roviâs patent
| programme.
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http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/11/27/virgin-wins-gemstar-epg-case/
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