From m.steinbeis@vhb.de  Tue Nov 14 11:12:20 2000
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:12:20 +0100
From: Steinbeis, Max m.steinbeis@vhb.de
Subject: AW: [Patents] consultation and conference

> The 'official consultation' launched by the European
> Commission is open until december 15.  But the inter-
> gouvernemental conference on the changes of the treaty
> in M\"unchen is from 20 - 29 november.  Isn't the outcome
> of the consultation going to come too late?

Thats why Germany, France and UK are pleading for a moratorium: They want to
wait and see where things are going in Brussels before making a decision in
Munich. 

Regards, Max




