descr: This event is an opportunity for politicians to cross-examine our positions versus those of industrial patent lawyers claiming that the industry needs software patents. We invite the pro-patent lobby to join us, so that MEPs can obtain a clearer picture on the two parties and find out how the proposed legislation would affect their interests and how legitimate these interests are. Moreover, we will discuss whether the new study of Besson & Hunt (which gives detailed evidence of software patents leading to a decrease in innovation) could put the JURI proposal in contradiction with articles 95 and 157 of the Rome Treaty. title: 2003/06 Europarl Software Patent Meetings ooa: Allows you to register for our meeting, to contact MEPs, and to cooperate in other ways # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /ul/prg/src/mlht/app/swpat/swpatpenmi.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@a2e.de ; # passwd: XXXX ; # feature: swpatdir ; # dok: swpparl036 ; # txtlang: en ; # End: ;