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- From: Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>
- To: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] IIPI Funding: 93% US PTO ("Building Software Industry in Developing Countries")
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:52:37 +0100
- Organization: 1407 Org
On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 16:34 -0400, Seth Johnson wrote:
> Conference on "Strategies for Building Software Industries in Developing
> Countries:"
> > http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2004/04/12/daily62.html
>
>
> But the real shocker here is the page on "Funding" at:
> > http://www.iipi.org/about/funding.htm
>
> The pie chart is quite illustrative. When the text says "a significant
> portion of IIPI's financial support comes from the United States Government"
> they are not kidding. The portion they're referring to is 93%! The other
> 7% is 4% "corporate" and 3% "WIPO."
wow... with the relatively cheap price of registering patents there I
wouldn't be too surprised with those numbers :)
it does say wonders about who would gain the most benefits from
[software] patents in there...
Rui
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