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Software Patents: Danger or Opportunity?
The Event will take place on monday, the 27th of september 2004 at 18:00
o'clock (Registration desk will be open as of 17:30 o'clock) at the
CRP Henri Tudor
29, avenue John F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
Please note that both presentations will be held in english. Attendance is free of charge. However, we'd like to remind you that you'll have to register before the 24th of september 2004. The number of available seats is limited!
CRP Henri Tudor
29, avenue John F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
A map showing you how to get there is available here
Program
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18:00 | Protection of Innovations with regard to SoftwareSpeaker: Pierre Kihn Download Speech (9.6 Mb OGG File) About the speaker: After having graduated as a chemical engineer from the University of Louvain, Belgium, Pierre gained first work experience in a multinational petroleum company. Pierre joined the office ernest t. freylinger s.a in 1992 and now primarily deals with patent applications in chemistry, biochemistry and pharmaceuticals. Pierre supervises the firm's section for the validation of European Patents in the different countries (for the national phases of European Patents) and the firm's related (fast growing) translation activities. Pierre also specializes in the prosecution of Community trademarks, Benelux and International trademarks and designs. Pierre passed the European Qualifying Examination and is admitted to practice before the EPO, the LPO, the OHIM and the BBM. |
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18:30 | Danger of Software PatentsSpeaker: Richard M. Stallman Download Speech (30.6 Mb OGG File) Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. About the speaker: Stallman graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a BA in physics. During his college years, he also worked as a staff hacker at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, learning operating system development by doing it. He wrote the first extensible Emacs text editor there in 1975. He also developed the AI technique of dependency-directed backtracking, also known as truth maintenance. In January 1984 he resigned from MIT to start the GNU project. Stallman received numerous awards and honary doctorates. |
19:30 | Discussion & Drink |
Please note that both presentations will be held in english. Attendance is free of charge. However, we'd like to remind you that you'll have to register before the 24th of september 2004. The number of available seats is limited!
