As part of the agreement, a transatlantic economic council is to be set up - to be chaired by EU industry commissioner Guenter Verheugen and US National Economic Council director Al Hubbard - to overcome regulatory barriers in 40 areas, including intellectual property and financial services.
Now, why is this relevant to plans to create a single European patent court? Perhaps it's partly because the patent industry is firmly in control of patent policy in Europe, as it was in the US before these rare SCOTUS decisions. ... Think of it for a second... a system with all the flaws of the US system, and none of the correcting mechanisms. A lot of lawyers are going to make a killing in Europe's high-tech sector. High-five, it's Lawyers Gone Wild vol.16!! ... We of course in Europe inherited this disease, read the FFII president quote above.
Now, why is this relevant to plans to create a single European patent court? Perhaps it's partly because the patent industry is firmly in control of patent policy in Europe, as it was in the US before these rare SCOTUS decisions. ... Think of it for a second... a system with all the flaws of the US system, and none of the correcting mechanisms. A lot of lawyers are going to make a killing in Europe's high-tech sector. High-five, it's Lawyers Gone Wild vol.16!!
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Think of it for a second... a system with all the flaws of the US system, and none of the correcting mechanisms. A lot of lawyers are going to make a killing in Europe's high-tech sector. High-five, it's Lawyers Gone Wild vol.16!!
We of course in Europe inherited this disease, read the FFII president quote above.
Talking about "regulatory barriers" and wanting more intellectual property.
Hopefully this crazy stuff wasn't worsened by the idiotic EU constitution, thanks to the "no" vote in FR and NL (unsurprisingly the two european nations where digital freedom led to a real national debate during EU patent directive campaign).
Now, will they understand and stop or do we have to take down the EU to get rid of those moronic IP laws?
