Re: [Patents] EPO grants Acacia patent on video streaming]

[Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>]

* Jonas Bosson <jonas@illuminet.se> [2004-01-19 15:48:30 +0100]:

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> Would it work? 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.

I've already had this idea in mind and wrote this on one of the 
ffii-lists some time ago ... 

Well, I personally would think a legal process against EPO would be 
at least a good signal for politicians. It should show that the EPO
is probably doing something wrong. Such a process would of course take
quite a long time (as all today's legal processes), so it wouldn't 
really matter if we win or not, if the process lasts long enough.
Having a postivie judgement before the next important vote would 
of course be much better.

IMHO it is important to show the world, that the EPO is doing criminal 
acts. Whether we're able to send those folks to prison someday is 
written on another paper - but definitively marking the EPO as "criminal"
would probably bring us much points in the fight.


Would you agree/disagree ? Why ?

Who would have the resources to go to court ? FFII ?


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