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From: Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>
To: Jonas Bosson <jonas@illuminet.se>
Cc: Jean-Michel POURE <jm@poure.com>, Jozef Halbersztadt <halber@idea.net.pl>, Brandon Shalton <brandon@fightthepatent.com>, patents@aful.org
Subject: Re: [Patents] EPO grants Acacia patent on video streaming]
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:53:32 +0100 (CET)

> How about issuing simple a complaint to EPO during the 9 months period.
> Are complaints officially registered at EPO btw?

You have to file an opposition.

Of course it can be done, but in order to pursue it properly, you'll
have to go through some more dialogue, both written and oral.

> Would it work?

Maybe.

> A legal process against EPO might be a way to stop the commission. No
> one politician wants to be affiliated with a criminal in public.

Nobody becomes a criminal just because ffii files an opposition.

--
Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance              tel. +49-89-18979927
Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation       http://swpat.ffii.org/
300,000 votes 2000 firms against software patents    http://noepatents.org/

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