Alex Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicked off some other lists I read; I haven't seen this echoed here yet. > Symbian recently got a Court decision overturning a UKIPO decision to > refuse them a software patent: [...]
Former colleague Paul Russell passed me http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2212353/symbian-wins-software-patent which contains obvious errors and I hadn't found time to look up the original sources (which VNU don't link - naughty). It's somewhat worrying that VNU report it as "Symbian's win could benefit UK software makers" when there will be N makers hurt for every one that benefits. I'll drop a short comment to them. > Hopefully, if we in the UK can get our act together, we can stop this > from getting approved: I don't think this patent is very strong, > particularly for the above reason. I agree. How can we help stop this? If no-one beats me to it, I'll ask UKPTO/IPO. Ironically, I know more about the European PO and USPTO than how the UK system works. Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237 _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
