Re: [Patents] Re: more misinformation from McCarthy

[Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>]

On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 19:45, Patrizio Menchetti wrote:
> On 18 Jun 2003 at 20:14, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > You've heard of the European Patent Convention, right?
> > 
> > Rui
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 17:31, Patrizio Menchetti wrote:
> > > On 18 Jun 2003 at 18:20, Hartmut Pilch wrote:
> > > 
> > > > EU-wide rules already exist
> > > 
> > > I hope that by saying that you do not imply that EU (former EC) law
> > > is in place in the area of patents, as from a legal standpoint this
> > > is an utter bestiality. The only EU legal instrument in force in the
> > >  area of patents concerns biotechnological inventions. 
> 
> Ok, we got another one not likely to pass a law examination. To be fair I 
> heard 
> distinguished IP practitioners (who are notoriously allergic to EU law) say 
> precisley the 
> same, also with the same bullishness. Any other customers?

I seem to get better at strategy 'though.

Thanks for biting the bait.  In that case, you think that international
treaties such as (for instance) TRIPS, WIPO, etc... have no effect at
all and should/can be, totally ignored at will, in which case the
argument that we need software patents to respect TRIPS is absolute
bullshit?

Rui

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