From critto@proterians.net Thu, 18 May 2000 23:04:08 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 23:04:08 +0200 (CEST)
From: Krzysztof Sobolewski critto@proterians.net
Subject: [Patents] Software Patents in Europe: a US-minded Policy


On Thu, 18 May 2000, Jean-Paul Smets wrote:

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> An except from Al Gore:
> -----------------------
> "To create a reliable environment for electronic commerce, patent agreements
> should:"..."require member countries to provide adequate and effective
> protection for patentable subject matter important to the development and
> success of the GII; and establish international standards for determining the
> validity of a patent claim."
> 
> "The United States will pursue these objectives internationally. Officials of
> the European, Japanese, and United States Patent Offices meet, for example, each
> year to foster cooperation on patent-related issues. The United States will
> recommend at the next meeting that a special committee be established within the
> next year to make recommendations on GII-related patent issues ."
> 
> "In a separate venue, one hundred countries and international intergovernmental
> organizations participate as members of WIPO's permanent committee on industrial
> property information (PCIPI). The United States will attempt to establish a
> working group of this organization to address GII-related patent issues."
What may I say ? US terror spreaded worldwide. Note that I'm NOT
antiamerican, I just detest some policies of US government.
I hope that the World will be more reasonable, and will not accept that
ugly claims.
  Critto
PS. Europe free alone!!!






