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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

A further Report on Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.

my earlier posting I reported on the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.

Ms. Suw Charman has published on the

blog of the

Open Rights Group a

report on a seminar on the Gowers Review:

"[...]On 2nd March, the Open Rights Group was invited to attend a seminar on the Gowers Review. The review, lead by Andrew Gowers and commissioned by the Treasury, is an extensive examination of intellectual property in the UK. We have been asked to submit written evidence and the seminar was the first step in that process.

I was there along with Rufus Pollock and we took as detailed a set of notes as possible. The text of Andrew Gowers speech has been provided by the Review office.

Overall, I think we heard pretty much what we expected to hear, particularly from the Patents panel. Industry was represented very well, alternative voices less so, but it was heartening to see Jill Johnstone from the National Consumer Council on the Copyright panel, putting forward the view of everyday people, and also Anthony Lilley from Magic Lantern who definitely has his head screwed on right. [...]"

Ms. Charman then provides a lot of details on the seminar.

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