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BLOG@IP::JURPatent Attorney Axel H Horns' Blog on Intellectual Property Law.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005FFII Seeking "Dissolution of the European Patent Organisation".From the FFII Wiki:"We collect here proposals for a reform of the patent examination system. In particular, FFII and others have endorsed proposals for privatisation of this system by careful distribution of burdens of proof. Such a reform would result in debureaucratisation and, by consequence, dissolution of the European Patent Organisation, which some have called "an intergovernmental creature that no longer has a place in today's European Union". A lean privatised patent examination system would, as a side effect, also solve the problems of the Community Patent. [...]"FFII caught in delusions of grandeur?
Your link to the EPO examination privatisation proposal site is broken. http://wiki.ffii.org/PatexamReformEn "Delusions of Grandeur" - no, just a single pragmatic proposal for liberalisation of the system to overcome the current inefficient state. In fact parts of the EPO process are already outsourced today. For instance you as a patent attorney. Or think of alternative and better patent information systems. Slim organisation structures and a real market for patent related services. This is a vision. And the wiki page is a draft of reform ideas for EPO examination innovation in the light of the Lisboa Agenda.
@g: "Do you understand what a wiki is?" Oh, yes, I think I do. And I am still waiting for an "official" FFII statement to the effect that they dissociate from such posting ... NB: on http://wiki.ffii.org/FfiiprojNewsEn we find "2005-08-19 phm enhances patent examination reform proposal" And http://wiki.ffii.org/index.cgi?action=plugin&plugin_name=Changes says "PatexamReformEn phm Fri Aug 19 10:57:15 2005 GMT" So, I think that such refections might be somehow related to Mr. Pilch, President of FFII. Do you think I'm naive? Axel H Horns
I think this paper by Paul Geller contains interesting points: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgeller/patutopia.pdf Also see: http://wiki.ffii.org/IndpropEn  Post a Comment
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