____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 15 December 2007 13:07 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 13 December 2007 16:26 : \____
>>
>>> Phil Da Lick! <phil_the_lick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>> New European Patent Convention kicks off
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | The revised European Patent Convention (EPC) finally came into effect
>>>>> | today ? nearly a decade after it was first agreed that an overhaul of
>>>>> | the system was needed.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/european_patent_convention/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Many amendments can now be adopted by the Organisation's Administrative
>>>> Council itself, without the need for the member states to hold a full
>>>> diplomatic conference"
>>>>
>>>> Holy shit! Talk about giving the loonies the keys to the asylum!
>>>
>>> I think we can expect to see a huge rise in corruption in the EU because
>>> of this.
>>
>> Maybe that's why they call it "globalisation".
>>
>>> Let's hope that the british patent office doesn't fall foul of
>>> this.
>>
>> Software patents and business methods? Some people already get /around/ the
>> rules, setting precedence.
>>
>
> I don't think that the concept of precedence applies in the patent
> environment. It merely shows that previous ones were wrong. Patent
> offices are not about determining the rules, like law courts are, they
> are about awarding, or not awarding, patent.
True, but when setting the new rules (rewrites), proposals can be fattened or
watered down based on existing cases. It does happen. Also, the infectious
nature of DMCA and USPTO-style patent systems means that there's justification
for those lobbying. Momentum and inertia are truly a danger here (sheep/cattle
effect).
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