From Bernard.Lang@inria.fr Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:12:31 +0200
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:12:31 +0200
From: Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr
Subject: [Patents] Re: FT Germany article

On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 10:16:49PM +0200, Stefane Fermigier wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 08:04:50PM +0200, PILCH Hartmut wrote:
> > The article was not worth translating.
> > 
> > Financial Times Deutschland just cried "wolf".
> > 
> > The EU commission has decided nothing, that FTD knows about.
> > 
> > >From how I read the article, it becomes clear that the EU commission
> > 
> > Wants approach 1 of two approaches which Bernhard Mueller lists in his
> > article analysed by ffii at
> > 
> > 	http://swpat.ffii.org/vreji/papri/cur-bmueller00de.html
> > 	http://swpat.ffii.org/vreji/papri/cur-bmueller00en.html
> > 
> > which means that it wants software patents but not non-computer-based
> > business methods.
> > 
> > I suspect here a smart move by DG 15:
> > 
> > (1) postpone the swpat decision, get the community patent through first
> > (2) mobilise the software patent lawyer lobby
> > (3) demobilise the anti-swpat lobby
> > (4) go ahead later this year exactly as planned
> 
> OK. That's just what I thought I understood. That means we're really not 
> done yet.
> 
> 	S.

but that was also achieved by people at DG 13, since the community
patent is essential, and it prevents them piggy-backing swpat onto a
larger issue that would mask it.

  It was not really intended that way by DG15, because now they will
have swpat more visible, since standing by itself, and having to move
on its onw power, rether than harnessing that of the community patent.

Bernard

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