From sf@fermigier.com Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:12:34 +0200
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:12:34 +0200
From: sf@fermigier.com sf@fermigier.com
Subject: [Patents] Articles.

[Patents, lawsuits plague the Net]
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2487846,00.html?chkpt=zdnntop

[US patent mess will get worse before it gets better]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000331-000021.html

``The USPTO will be arranging a meeting about e-commerce patents, probably
in July, which is a good move if suggestions made are actioned. But before
this happens, there is an important Diplomatic Conference for the adoption
of the draft Patent Law Treaty at WIPO in Geneva from 11 May to 2 June.
The text of the basic proposal is here. Article 6 precludes any national
patent office from imposing different requirements to those under the
Patent Cooperation Treaty. This concerns the USPTO, but it remains
to be seen whether it will have any significant effect on cyberpatent
applications. Only by having much better informed examiners is there
any hope of improving the system.''

	S.

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