On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 03:33:50PM +0200, Serge Marelli wrote:
Pour info, l'EFF va se battre contre les brevets
logiciels existants (aux USA).
Il y avait notamment qq de la EFF a Bruxelles a la demo. Elle parlait justement de
pourquoi le systeme de brevets n'est plus adapte de nos jours (plus ou moins)
Serge
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Subject: [BoingBoing-mailblog] EFF waging war on bullshit Internet patents
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:58:54 -0400
EFF waging war on bullshit Internet patents
This is so freaking cool: EFF is going to start actively busting
bullshit Internet patents, hunting down prior art and getting the USPTO
to revoke the patents on their basis.
<blockquote>
The new EFF initiative seeks to document these threats and fight back
against them. EFF has pledged to file "re-examination" requests with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), asking the agency
to revoke patents that are having negative effects on Internet
innovation and free expression.
"More and more, people are using software and Internet technology to
express themselves," said EFF Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer. "Patent
owners who threaten this expression are creating a chilling effect on
free speech."
</blockquote>
<a
href="http://www.eff.org/Patent/20040419_eff_pr_patent.php">Li…
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