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This, of course, is the original illustration of what might go wrong with the Unified Patent: http://webshop.ffii.org/ On 01/16/2014 05:00 PM, Carsten Agger wrote: > There is to be a referendum in Denmark on the Unified Patent > Court, which will be a single patent authority for European > countries (I believe some non-EU countries participate, while Italy > and Spain have declined) > > http://www.euractiv.com/eu-elections-2014/danish-government-confirms-eu-re-news-532513 > > > > > The Danish free software/digital rights community as embodied e.g. > in It-Politisk Forening (http://www.itpol.dk, IT-Political > Association of Denmark) of which I am a member, is recommending a > NO to the UPC. > > This is because while software patents are (I believe) not allowed > in European patents, the European-level courts have adopted a far > more permissive stance than our local patent office, which means > that accepting the UPC will result in many more software patents > being enforceable in Denmark. > > All political parties support the UPC and favour a YES at the > referendum, except the far-right Danish People's Party (DPP) and > the left-wing Enhedslisten (EL). > > Whereas DPP oppose the UPC on grounds of national sovereignty, EL > have argued against giving large corporation an uncontrollable (by > us in Denmark, or people outside the EU bureacracy) monopoly on > ideas to large corporations. Interestingly, they have explicitly > mentioned the threat from software patents currently acknowledged > on the European level but not by our local system. > > I've been invited to a meeting next Monday, and I think I will ad > the support of our local FSFE group on the "NO" side. The reasoning > is, once again: We do not want any software patents, and we believe > this unified patents may easily become a means for introducing > software patents on the European level. > > On the other hand, a Danish "NO" might be a good starting for a > general campaign for a complete ban on software patents on the > European level. > > I don't think I have links to a good analysis in English, but > people might try Google translating this one: > http://www.itpol.dk/notater/enhedspatent-og-softwarepatenter-erhvervsudvalg-jan13 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlLYAl4ACgkQletyW1YzdSGrEACgj0NkaUV9/q5dMGH3peom9Re6 3gcAnRV58pQwxmP5ztGMANshlHzo5LAh =Cf8b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
