From jp@smets.com  Mon Dec 18 20:11:19 2000
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:11:19 +0100
From: Jean-Paul Smets jp@smets.com
Subject: [Patents] English Translation of French Report on Software Patents

Hi,

The first English version of my report on software patents is available at
	http://www.pro-innovation.org/rapport_brevet/brevets_plan-en.pdf

Please note that this only a draft translation (under review and likely to 
contain major mistakes). If you have time, please let me know if you find 
serious mistakes, vocabulary problems, etc.
	jean-paul.smets@mines.org

SMEs will find this report useful in order to learn how they might 
benefit/suffer from the patent system. In particular, this report adresses 
the various inconsistencies and dangers for SMEs which are seldom taken into 
account by patent attorneys.

An extra section "how to circumvent ithe software patent system" 
is under preparation.

Regards,

JPS.




