Re: [Patents] US patent reform strategy inaugurated by myths & lies

[Stefano Costa <stefano.costa@icn.siemens.it>]

PILCH Hartmut wrote:

> Then go and organise some political campaign.
> After you have contributed to our cause in some way, we can recognise your
> tree by its fruits, and then we may naturally be interested in discussing
> tactics.
> Before that, your attempt at discussing our tactics is just an intrusion
> into our private affairs.
> none of your business.

I really don't understand: haven't touched your business.
This is a public mailing list, everyone can discuss things.
I don't even know what do you do for a living, though I can
(with some bad attitude) suppose that you may have interest in this
direction for your activity. I don't mind, I am not interested,
really. I really don't understand "private affairs" sentence.
Private here??? In a public mailing list??? (though in CC)
Very odd...I don't question here your
opinion, but the sentence itself. I'm really puzzled about
a so "hard" sentence.

> We have got to know quite a few people who at some point appeared to share
> our interests.  Greg seemed to be with us 2-3 years ago.  At one point he
> started arguing that we were unrealistic and that accepting the new rules
> of the PTO was the only realistic viewpoint.  Axel Horns (german patent
> lawyer) had similar problems, always demanding a "reality check" from us.
> These were merely excuses, attempts to camouflage the fact that our paths
> are not the same.  I believe that Axel and Greg are internally quite torn
> apart, which makes them all the more verbose in trying to sell their
> "realism".  If we accepted such "realism", their internal world would
> become peaceful again.  Maybe you, as a Siemens employee, are suffering
> from the same internal unrest at the moment.  But I can assure you that
> many Siemens employees have made up their mind and are on our side.  They
> see that patents in the software and telecom area are not all that
> beneficial, not even for Siemens, a company justly proud of the great
> efficiency of its patent department, see

Process to intention is dangerous, and in my opinion, not useful.
Whatever my intention can be, "greedy" or not, are not related
to my employer. My emplyer gives me money to perform a
job that does not requires patents, and has not forced me to do
anything about. Myself i respect every qualified opinion, pro
or con to the subject. Some my collegues are pro, some are
con. This is quite normal, and testify by itself that we are free
to judge ourselves. Big kudos to Siemens for that: in many
other places you can't.
If  around here there is discussion, it only means that there are
different views. Dietrology is not needed.
I respect your opinion, though don't agree.
It's only a different view, based on different assumptions.

Stefano