Re: [Patents] pooling patents for progress and protection

[Peter Vandenabeele <peter.vandenabeele@mind.be>]

On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 08:51:15PM +0100, Xavi Drudis Ferran wrote:
> El Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:22:27AM +0100, Peter Vandenabeele deia:
[...]
> > What do you see as a negative side-effect if some would continue to 
> > explore the idea in parallel (potential defocus from the urgent action on 
> > the European level is one of course) ?
> 
> Defocus is a big one, and another one is your are selling thin air (if at 
> all possible 
> your plan is not yet proven, and could give false hope to politicians and 
> developers alike). 

OK. I take this. I will first focus the little time I can spend on it to look
into the European case and let my views on patent pooling at rest for a while.

> > Thanks for your detailed answer,
> > 
> Is not as detailed as you deserve. Sorry about that. 

Thanks again. The arguments are instructive to develop a better argumentation
to defnd our joined interests in this.

Peter