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Fighting software patents in Europe
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Richard Stallman |
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Fighting software patents in Europe |
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Wed, 30 Apr 2003 01:43:20 -0400 |
SOFTWARE PATENTS AND EUROPEAN SMALL/MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
A conference organized by the Greens-efa in European Parliament
Brussels Thursday 8 May 2003 9:00-12:00 room ASP 1G2
9:00 Welcome address by Dany Cohn-Bendit MEP chair Green-efa and
Graham Watson MEP Chair ELDR
9:15 "The Commission's proposal in a legal perspective" by R. Bakels,
university of Amsterdam, co-author study Juri 107
With the participation of E. Plooij-Van Gorsel (ELDR, rapporteur ITRE)
and M. Rocard (PSE, rapporteur CULT) to be confirmed
9: 45 "Economic consequences of software patents" by Ph. Aigrain, European
Commission
10:00 Panel I : "Innovative SME and Software patents" : Case studies
David Axmark, CEO MySQL (data bases) Sweden
Hakon Wim Lie, CEO Opera (makes sofware for Nokia) Norway
Pierre Haren, CEO Ilog (object-oriented software engineering) France
Wojtek Narczynski CEO Power Media (Custom web software) Poland
Thorsten Lemke, CEO Lemke Software (Graphic Converter) Germany
nn, CEO Symlabs.com (identity manager) Portugal
11:00 Debate with MEPs, SMEs and the public
11:30 Keynote speach : Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project
:"Software patents: restricting users and SMEs for the megacorporations ?
"
12:00 Conclusion MEP Dany Cohn-Bendit, co-chairman of the Green/efa group in
European Parliament
After the conference a gathering on the theme "Free ideas for a Free World"
with street theater and a buffet lunch is planned in front of the Parliament
Place du Luxembourg.
On May 7 afternoon a conference "Software patents from legal wording to
economic reality" with B. Kahin and Lawrence Lessig will take place in Hotel
Dorint Bd Charlemagne 11-19 Brussels
http://swpat.ffii.org/events/2003/europarl/05/07/
Translation is available in al EU language
Access in free however registration is mandatory
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