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1210701900|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — FFII: McCreevy wants to legalise Software Patents via a US-EU patent treaty: Brussels, 13 May 2008 -- European Commissioner McCreevy is pushing for a bilateral patent treaty with the United States. This Tuesday 13 May in Brussels, White House and European representatives will try to adopt a tight roadmap for the signature of a EU-US patent treaty by the end of the year. Parts of the proposed treaty will contain provision on software patents, and could legalise them on both sides of the Atlantic. (Comments: 2)

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1210586840|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — John Duffy defending business method patents: Pr John Duffy, speaker at Eupaco2, seems to defend patentability of business method patents. (Comments: 0)

1210540127|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Parliament dissatisfied with Mandelson's patent push: Commissioner Mandelson interferes into internal matters of Thailand on behalf of the pharma industry. The European Parliament groups are dissatisfied. (Comments: 0)

1210378771|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Tauchert 2000: good old times: In 2000 Tauchert spoke open about the commercial benefit of the patent system for patent examiners and the lack of need for economic analysis. (Comments: 0)

1208917736|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — El Khadraoui (PSE) on rights waivers: We now have the situation that a lot of content owners waive their rights and certain services depend on free content because of restrictive licensing conditions of collective societies. MEP El Khadraoui asks the council. (Comments: 1)

1208626085|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Reasonable and not non-discriminatory: Is it reasonable for a convicted monopolist to discriminate against its competitors by using exclusive rights that should not be granted in the first place? (Comments: 0)

1207752879|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — IBM's vision for the future of office communication: Lotus General Manager Mike Rhodin plays prophet for the future of office collaboration software. Among his five point he raises is also a bet on open standards and interoperability. (Comments: 0)

1207519271|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — The EPO, a Public Service Organisation out of control?: This press release of SUEPO, the Staff Union of the EPO, says everything about the problems of the institution. (Comments: 0)

1207225344|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — MEP Erik Meijer questions Windows bundling: And Commissioner Nelly Kroes responds on behalf of the Commission. (Comments: 0)

1207063263|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — MEP Romeva i Rueda asks Commission to take Open Source into account: The ICT at the crossroads document of the Commission failed to address the field of Open Source in the line with the Lisbon strategy, finds Romeva i Rueda. The problem he identifies is the promotion of patented standards. (Comments: 0)

1206668131|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Brad Smith continues its FUD spreading, wants to tax RedHat: Brad Smith continues its FUD spreading, wants to tax RedHat. The only solution for Microsoft to tax linux is software patents. Microsoft wants to render GPL free software non-free. The message is clear. (Comments: 0)