Especially in the german speaking parts of the world we are quite aware of any attempts to rule the world. So I am not amused when I read a statement by Microsoft Vice Horacio Gutierrez that a global patent system would be necessary - and is in reach. Please think of the historic reasons for patents: They were needed for publishers to bridge the gap between production and delivery, as logistics was quite slow in former times. So patents in our time should not last longer then 300 milliseconds - the minimum time to deliver a product to all parts of the world. I am also really pissed that a message like this is posted on Sept 1, 2009 - as this date has some historic connections and is relevant to the whole world. Who do you think you are? A small pet shop owner on the west coast?
fra links: http://tinyurl.com/muxkyz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_II
