[Patents] The Hague Convention ?

[Xavier Drudis Ferran xdrudis@tinet.org]

Hello. 

I'm very short of time lately, so I apologize for sending this without 
having properly read all I could about it. And I apologize if I don't 
have much time until February for answering. It could all be my mistake, 
but I read a message by CPT, the Consumer Project on Technology (USA),
about something called "Hague Convention on Foreign Judgments in Civil 
and Commercial Matters", by June 2001. It 
talks about a WIPO meeting in Geneva , on January 30-31.

It is long and I couldn't read it well enough, but from a quick browse it 
sounds to me like something was cooking that could make people in one 
country subject to laws of another country, in IP law in particular. 
I was wondering whether this could mean that even if Europe rejects swpats 
an European developer could be sued for infringement on a Japanese or 
US software patent (without ever working, selling anything, etc. outside 
Europe)?. I believe this is not so now, but could it 
become possible after this summer?. Could someone better informed comment
on the possible outcome ?. Thanks a lot.

Here are the links I gathered from the message:
The original mailing list archive (it is a post on January the 14th)
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/info-policy-notes/

The CPT comments to the USA government ?.
http://www.cptech.org/ecom/jurisdiction/hague.html
http://www.cptech.org/ecom/hague/CPT-Hague-IPR-Jan12-USPTO.html



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Xavier Drudis Ferran
xdrudis@tinet.org