From phm@a2e.de  Thu Sep 20 21:58:13 2001
From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:58:13 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Patents] FT: companies curb patenting activities
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109202255090.6755-100000@mulix.oas.a2e.de>

Under

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3A608ETRC&live=true&query=poynder

you can find an article that quotes a lot of executives of large companies
as saying that blanket patenting is no longer worth the money it costs and
instead these companies are aiming at a mixture of patenting and
preventive publishing.  Some speculate about a collapse of the patent
system due to its increasing lack of overseeability.  I am also quoted in
the function of an Eurolinux speaker.

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