[SWLUG] [Fwd: [Staffslug] software patents government workshop [Fwd: [Liverpool] [Fwd: Workshop on computation patents]]]

[Richard Smedley]

Now that the whole process is being restarted, it's important
to make sure that the government understand right from the
start the unintended consequences of a vague ``technical
contribution'' definition on pure software.

Bristol - Friday 18 March 2005 
Cardiff - Friday 8 April 2005 
Coventry - Tuesday 15 March 2005
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/ippd/issues/cii-workshops.htm 

 - Richard

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From: Richard Smedley <richard.smedley03 at ntlworld.com>
Reply-To: liverpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
To: Merseyside Free Software users <liverpool at mailman.lug.org.uk>
[snip]
Strangely enough it clashes with the FLOSS in Education
conference, also in Bolton.
Free/Libre and Open Source Software In Education (FLOSSIE)
  17, 18 March 2005
  UK Technology Innovation Centre, Bolton, UK



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>> the postman has just delivered an invitation to:"Computer Implemented
>> Inventions Directive: Workshop on 'technical contribution'.
[snip]
It has just appeared on news:uk.comp.os.linux with a link to 
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/ippd/issues/cii-workshops.htm - 7 
[snip]


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