descr: Under the heading %(q:The Rationale Behind the Directive), MEP Arlene McCarthy promises a %(q:reasonable and subtle solution) to the confusion around the non-patentability of computer programs and the definition of the %(q:technical invention) in Europe. Critics of McCarthy's text charge that she fails to deliver on this promise and instead adds to the confusion. During this meeting, various experts in the field of software and patent law will discuss the McCarthy draft and other proposals and measure them against McCarthy's promise of a %(q:rationale) and against stated goals of the directive project, such as %(q:to clarify what is patentable and what not), %(q:to harmonise national practises), %(q:to bring the EPO under EU jurisdiction), %(q:to increase legal security) and %(q:to create an environment which favors innovation and competition and benefits consumers). title: 2003/04/09 Strasburg: Toward a %(q:Rationale Behind the Directive) mnl: Time and Place aaW: Software Patent Law Proposals Decoded ltd: Relevant Reading W0n: Wednesday 2003/04/09 10.00-16.00 ndu: Meeting organised by FFII/Eurolinux opD: Simultaneous interpretation is provided at least for DE-EN and FR-EN ftt: Introduction to EPO software patents: Examples, Statistics, Literature duP: Means and Ends in the Proposals of the European Commission and of MEP Arlene McCarthy irk: Reinier Bakels WWf: Amsterdam University and Munich Max-Planck Institute for Patent Law Wba: Author of a Study commissioned by DG IV of the European Parliament Fxp: The FFII/EuroLinux amendment proposals Wnm: RA Jürgen Siepmann lor: legal delegate of Linux-Verband.de # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /ul/prg/src/mlht/app/swpat/swpatpenmi.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@a2e.de ; # passwd: XXXX ; # feature: swpatdir ; # dok: swpparl0349 ; # txtlang: en ; # End: ;