#title: John Mogg and Software Patents #descr: John Mogg has been Director General of Internal Market under commisionner Bolkestein and his predecessors since 1993, i.e. throughout the time of preparation of the Software Patentability Directive. He took particular interest in the software patentability debate and appears to have been an ardent believer in dogmas such as %(q:intellectual property is the key to innovation, the more property the more innovation). #Jma: John Mogg has held his present position of Director General of DG XV (Internal Market and Financial Services) in the European Commission since May 1993. Before that he was Deputy Director General in the Internal Market and Industrial Affairs Directorate General from 1990. Between 1989 and 1990, he was Deputy Head of the European Secretariat in the United Kingdom Cabinet Office. Prior to that he held a number of senior positions within various United Kingdom Departments : these included Under Secretary in the Department of Trade and Industry and Principal Private Secretary to three Secretaries of State. From 1979 to 1982 he was the First Secretary at the United Kingdom Permanent Representation in Brussels. Mr. Mogg's early career was spent in British industry with the Rediffusion group. #Mao: Mogg was a keynote speaker at this %(cf:conference). Here you find most of his CV data and his %(mp:presentation). In the speech, he uses the word %(q:balance) very often. Although this seems may have learnt something since the London conference of 1998, the directive proposals that came out of Mogg's directorate don't seem to show any noticeable progress. # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /ul/prg/src/mlht/sys/mlhtmake.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@a2e.de ; # login: phm ; # passwd: YYYYY ; # feature: swpatdir ; # dok: swpatmogg ; # txtlang: en ; # multlin: t ; # End: ;