Re: [LUG] EU Vote June 12th - who to vote for

[Simon Waters <Simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Lawrence wrote:
> On Thursday 20 May 2004 19:35, Robin Cornelius wrote:
>
> I didn't email the respective candidates, but rather the parties themselves.
> Todate, only the UK IP have bothered to reply - they simply said that it's 
> their policy to pull out of Europe completely, so the issue of Software 
> Patents within Europe isn't overly of interest. Their meaning seems to be if 
> were not in Europe then they can pass whatever patent laws they want but they 
> won't affect us.

If only it were so simple - but even if we leave I'd want to know would
we get better patent laws - and what if they poll enough votes to post a
candidate but not enough to leave the EU - what way will the candidate
vote? Do they feel the same way about WIPO as they do about the EU?

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