Re: [Patents] [Fwd: New UK Patent Bill]

[Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>]

> They talk in general terms and not about software. It looks like a
> similar Patent support activity that Lombardia italian region is
> carrying on.
> 
> The only problem I've found is they are talking about "better protection
> for their ideas" that is the real FUD.

These governmental patent movement activities are cause of concern.

Via

        http://swpat.ffii.org/news/recent/

you can find the answer of the EPO to Ms Kauppi MEP by the EPO spokesman
in Brussels, which reinterprets the EPO's new motto to mean that patents
in general, without any qualifying conditions, promote innovation and
economic growth.  This makes for a simple and effective belief system
which is alimented with taxpayer's money and blasted into the sphere
of public opinion all the time at the taxpayer's cost.

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Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance              tel. +49-89-18979927
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