#9 Gracias por menear la noticia: Enviad FAXES!!!! (parece que vamos a tener un poquito más de tiempo) Aqui tenei más información:
Hola,
Como ya sabréis, la amenaza de las patentes de software vuelve al
candelero de forma muy seria por medio de una euro-moción parlamentaria
de apoyo al tratado extracomunitario EPLA de los europarlamentarios
Lehne y Bowles (ambos con negocios de patentes).
Os ruego máxima difusión de estos mensajes/ideas durante las próximas
dos o tres semanas hasta que se produzca la votación (mediados de
octubre según parece):
MENSAJES-CONCEPTO:
- "El EPLA dañará severamente a las PYME europeas a base de pleitos de
patentes incosteables e innecesarios."
- "El EPLA legaliza las patentes de software (por vía de
jurisprudencia,
como hicieron en EEUU)".
- "El EPLA es la puerta a los parásitos y extorsionadores de patentes
ya
tristemente famosos en EEUU"
- "El EPLA es el golpe de estado de la no democrática ni comunitaria
Oficina Europea de Patentes para lograr imponer su dictadura sobre las
ideas y el tejido innovador europeo"
MENSAJE ADJUNTO:
PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 21 September 2006
>
>
> EU Patent Law
>
>
> Proposed patent litigation scheme would be a blow to Europe's SMEs
>
>
> In the context of the current debate on patent litigation in Europe,
the
> Greens/EFA group have drafted a resolution calling for modifications
to
> the proposed European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) (1).
Commenting
> on the resolution and the EPLA, Austrian Green MEP Eva Lichtenberger
> said:
>
>
>
> "Little more than a year after the Parliament rejected the proposed
> Software Patents Directive, Commissioner McCreevy is once again
trying
> to push through patent legislation that would damage European SMEs.
The
> proposed EPLA would lead to a massive hike in patent litigation costs
> (2), which would cripple smaller innovating firms and only benefit a
few
> lawyers specialising in patent litigation.
>
>
>
> "The proposed EPLA would commit Europe to an undemocratic and
> unaccountable patent system, legitimising the role of the European
> Patent Office (EPO), which is outside the EU legal system (3). Over
the
> past seven years, the number of patent applications filed at the EPO
has
> increased by around 60%; unfortunately, this does not reflect an
> increase in innovation but rather an opportunistic attempt to snap up
> patents for dubious 'innovations', leading to serious and legitimate
> concerns about the scope of patentable subject-matter.
>
>
>
> "Europe needs a patent policy that reflects the interests of its
> businesses (even large companies are concerned with the current
> proposals for the EPLA) and a patent system that is under democratic
> control. The alternative on the table would lead to a practise of
> over-granting, low-quality patents and crippling litigation costs."
>
>
>
> Editors notes:
>
> (1) The motion for a resolution will be debated by the European
> Parliament at its plenary session in Strasbourg from 23-26 October in
> tandem with a motion sponsored by the EPP in support of the EPLA.
>
> (2) Estimates suggest that average litigation costs would jump from
> 97,000 euro to 415,000 euro under the EPLA.
>
> (3) The EPO is not accountable to the European Court of Justice or
any
> European institution.
>
>
>
> Richard More O' Ferrall,
> Press Officer,
> The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
> Tel: Brussels +32 2 2841667 / Strasburg +33 3 88174375
> Mobile: +32-477-44-38-42
> Fax: 0032 2 2844944
> richard.moreoferrall@europarl.europa.eu
> <BLOCKED::mailto:richard.moreoferrall@europarl.europa.eu>
Hola,
Como ya sabréis, la amenaza de las patentes de software vuelve al
candelero de forma muy seria por medio de una euro-moción parlamentaria
de apoyo al tratado extracomunitario EPLA de los europarlamentarios
Lehne y Bowles (ambos con negocios de patentes).
Os ruego máxima difusión de estos mensajes/ideas durante las próximas
dos o tres semanas hasta que se produzca la votación (mediados de
octubre según parece):
MENSAJES-CONCEPTO:
- "El EPLA dañará severamente a las PYME europeas a base de pleitos de
patentes incosteables e innecesarios."
- "El EPLA legaliza las patentes de software (por vía de
jurisprudencia,
como hicieron en EEUU)".
- "El EPLA es la puerta a los parásitos y extorsionadores de patentes
ya
tristemente famosos en EEUU"
- "El EPLA es el golpe de estado de la no democrática ni comunitaria
Oficina Europea de Patentes para lograr imponer su dictadura sobre las
ideas y el tejido innovador europeo"
Más referencias (además correo anexo):
news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39283515,00.htm
www.greens-efa.org/cms/default/dok/148/148490.eu_patent_law@en.htm
Anexo también la nota de prensa del Partido Socialista Europeo.
Por último estoy dejando la documentación de apoyo en:
www.ffii.org/~abarrio/epla/
Saludos y gracias,
--
Alberto Barrionuevo F.F.I.I. +34 639708494 abarrio(@)ffii·org
PGP 1024D/46D729BA
"Se debe proteger la innovación, no los monopolios"
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MENSAJE ADJUNTO:
PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 21 September 2006
>
>
> EU Patent Law
>
>
> Proposed patent litigation scheme would be a blow to Europe's SMEs
>
>
> In the context of the current debate on patent litigation in Europe,
the
> Greens/EFA group have drafted a resolution calling for modifications
to
> the proposed European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) (1).
Commenting
> on the resolution and the EPLA, Austrian Green MEP Eva Lichtenberger
> said:
>
>
>
> "Little more than a year after the Parliament rejected the proposed
> Software Patents Directive, Commissioner McCreevy is once again
trying
> to push through patent legislation that would damage European SMEs.
The
> proposed EPLA would lead to a massive hike in patent litigation costs
> (2), which would cripple smaller innovating firms and only benefit a
few
> lawyers specialising in patent litigation.
>
>
>
> "The proposed EPLA would commit Europe to an undemocratic and
> unaccountable patent system, legitimising the role of the European
> Patent Office (EPO), which is outside the EU legal system (3). Over
the
> past seven years, the number of patent applications filed at the EPO
has
> increased by around 60%; unfortunately, this does not reflect an
> increase in innovation but rather an opportunistic attempt to snap up
> patents for dubious 'innovations', leading to serious and legitimate
> concerns about the scope of patentable subject-matter.
>
>
>
> "Europe needs a patent policy that reflects the interests of its
> businesses (even large companies are concerned with the current
> proposals for the EPLA) and a patent system that is under democratic
> control. The alternative on the table would lead to a practise of
> over-granting, low-quality patents and crippling litigation costs."
>
>
>
> Editors notes:
>
> (1) The motion for a resolution will be debated by the European
> Parliament at its plenary session in Strasbourg from 23-26 October in
> tandem with a motion sponsored by the EPP in support of the EPLA.
>
> (2) Estimates suggest that average litigation costs would jump from
> 97,000 euro to 415,000 euro under the EPLA.
>
> (3) The EPO is not accountable to the European Court of Justice or
any
> European institution.
>
>
>
> Richard More O' Ferrall,
> Press Officer,
> The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
> Tel: Brussels +32 2 2841667 / Strasburg +33 3 88174375
> Mobile: +32-477-44-38-42
> Fax: 0032 2 2844944
> richard.moreoferrall@europarl.europa.eu
> <BLOCKED::mailto:richard.moreoferrall@europarl.europa.eu>