[Patents] Software Patents in Europe: a US-minded Policy

[Krzysztof Sobolewski critto@proterians.net]

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!!!