From phm@a2e.de  Sat Nov  4 17:33:36 2000
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:33:36 +0100 (CET)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] swedish discussions?

> >We should organise something ourselves, perhaps together with the
> >governments.
 
> In the UK, the Patent Office is part of the Government.  In
> particular, it is that part of the Government that has been charged,
> by Government Ministers, with the responsibility for conducting this
> consultation exercise.

So we should in other countries insist that ministeries with a more
general interest, such as the ministery of economics, are charged with
this exercise.

Yet I find that the UK Patent Office is doing a significantly better job
at presenting the matter and asking specific questions than the GD for the
Internal Market.

-phm





