[sheflug] FFII UK "inventive step" event - London 22 May

[Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 FFII-UK event           "Don't trip on the inventive step"
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A meeting on the UKPO Consultation on Inventive Step and Its Relation
to Software and Business Process Patents in the UK and EU.
It is free to attend but as we need to know numbers please let us know
if you plan to come by emailing: coordinator [at] ffii.org.uk

When and Where: Monday May 22nd 2006, 1730 - 1930

Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre, John Vane Science Centre,
Charterhouse Square,  London QMIPRI
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/campus/charterhouse/index.html

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Programme (subject to change):
 * 1730 - 1800: Drinks and a chance to chat
 * 1800: Introduction to the consultation and recent developments in
the area by a member of FFII-UK
 * 1815 - 1900: Panel:

Phillip Johnson - Barrister

Alex Hudson - Association for Free Software UK Director Stratagia Ltd

Dr. Johanna Gibson - QMIPRI

Rufus Pollock - FFII UK chair

 * 1900 - 1930: Discussion
 * 2000: Supper at a nearby restaurant (if you would like to attend
please state this when you rsvp. Note the supper is /not/ free.)

RSVP to: coordinator [at] ffii.org.uk
This event is kindly hosted by the Queen Mary IP Research Institute

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About FFII
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The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) is a
non-profit association registered in several European countries, which
is dedicated to the spread of data processing literacy. FFII supports
the development of public information goods based on copyright, free
competition, open standards. More than 850 members, 3,000 companies 
and
90,000 supporters have already entrusted the FFII to act as their 
voice
in public policy questions concerning exclusion rights (intellectual
property) in data processing.

For more information about FFII, see http://new.ffii.org

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