From phm@a2e.de  Thu Aug 30 14:42:16 2001
From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:42:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Patents] ANybody knows about "I Jornades de la Inventiva i de
 la Propietat Industrial" ?
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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0108301531140.2258-100000@querty.oas.a2e.de>

> My doubt is whether it will be relevant to _software_ patents. The
> fair is about inventions and patents. Does anybody know or guess
> something more?.

It sounds like one of those many conferences designed to raise awareness
about the possibility and usefulnes of patenting and in general of course
also to spread the gospel of the ever-growing importance of patents in the
upcoming new age of idea ownership, as well as simple PR for the patent
office.  As always in politics, it is difficult to say which of several
purposes is the primary one.

It would do no harm if the congregations at such occasions got some
leaflets into their hands that could help tone down the hype and keep more
people sober.

--
Hartmut Pilch                                           http://phm.ffii.org/
Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation	      http://swpat.ffii.org/
85000 signatures against software patents         http://www.noepatents.org/



