[Patents] New sui generis law essay and debate in Stuttgart this week

[phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)]

Under

        http://swpat.ffii.org/penmi/linuxtag-2001/jh/

you can now find en essay by Jozef Halbersztadt, patent examiner at
the Polish Patent Office, which offers a good introduction to the
debates about the appropriate legal regime for protecting the
investments in software, which, according to Mr. Halbersztadt, is
something similar to what was proposed by Samuelson et al in their
Manifesto of 1994 as well as in many earlier attempts.  He explains
how this time-honored initiative can be relaunched. 

You can listen to Mr. Halbersztadt on thursday in Stuttgart.

        http://swpat.ffii.org/penmi/linuxtag-2001/

Also Mr. Jean-Paul Smets, who in chapter 5 of his excellent study
report conducted on behalf of a French governmental organisation

        http://www.pro-innovation.org/rapport_brevet/brevet_plan.pdf ;(french)
        http://www.pro-innovation.org/rapport_brevet/brevet_plan-en.pdf ;
(english)

also favorably discusses the concept of sui generis software law, will
deliver a talk in Stuttgart.

Other articles sent in by speakers will appear there shortly.

Further informations about the sui generis law debate can be found on 

        http://swpat.ffii.org/stidi/basti/

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