ethipat - new forum threads http://www.ethipat.org/forum/start Threads in forums of the site "ethipat" - Campaign for Ethical Patents Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:14:03 +0000 http://www.ethipat.org/forum/t-15079 this call affirms the need of the patend system http://www.ethipat.org/forum/t-15079/this-call-affirms-the-need-of-the-patend-system Can a system, based on the current patent philosophy fulfill the objectives? Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:41:53 +0000 wibeau 28670 Although I sympathies with the action I have some doubts to sign.
For me it is not so clear if the current patent system is necessary.
So a more statement :
"I call the EU to build a new innovation investment protection system"

would be more preferable.

Knowledge can not be owned by someone.
Patents pretends this is the case.

Investment in innovation should be earned back excellence knowledge of the matter and experiences.
A certain protection of an implementation could be accepted. If patents would be limited to this only then the call could stay like it is formulated now.

Wim

check also this , about a new "free" scientific research publications.
http://open-access.web.cern.ch/Open-Access/

]]> http://www.ethipat.org/forum/t-5095 Campaign for Ethical Patents launched http://www.ethipat.org/forum/t-5095/campaign-for-ethical-patents-launched At FOSDEM 2007, FFII president Pieter Hintjens launched the Campaign for Ethical Patents. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:29:56 +0000 pieterh 99 Speaking at FOSDEM 2007 in Brussels, on February 24th, FFII president Pieter Hintjens launched the Campaign for Ethical Patents, and the EthiPat team distributed posters numbered 02, 03, and 08. Confused FOSDEM participants hunted in vain for posters 01 and 04-07. Some people complained that the EthiPat good vs. evil pictures were incomprehensible. Some people found the posters "pretty". Some people discovered that they made good protection against the Belgian summer weather (constant rain). Some even made it as far as ethipat.org and signed their name.

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