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From: Alex Macfie <alex@ffii.org.uk>
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>         I've read your site, and I cannot find anywhere (I mena neither on
>your site, nor elsewhere, like the EPO website) information about how to
>brief the EPO against specific patent applications. I wonder if you could
>direct me to some such information?
>
>         I am working on a location detection system as part of my Master's
>degree, but unfortunately an outgrowth of the University of Helsinki has
>filed for a world patent, including european patent countries on, in
>essence all such systems. The application was "published" about a month
>ago, but I have been unable to find out how to brief the EPO: they don't
>seem to want people interfering in the important business of
>rubber-stamping patents.
>
>         In case you wonder why this is important, our goal was to release
>this software as open source; Ekahau inc. (the corporate vehicle) might
>well attempt to attack myself, my colleagues, and the university because
>our system is more portable, is extensible, and would be completely free.
>
>Any help is most gratefully appreciated.

Alex Macfie, Gen. Sec. & VP, FFII http://www.ffii.org, http://www.ffii.org.uk/
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