From phm@xxx.xxx Fri Dec 3 01:54:45 1999 X-Digest-Num: 300 Message-ID: <44114.300.1643.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:54:45 +0100 (CET) From: PILCH Hartmut >Due to lack of support from the Lojban community, we did not mention the > >case of Lojban. But I raised the issue during an international conference > >at the Max-Planck-Institute in Munich last month. It was then even > >mentioned by the chairman in his final word that "during the coming year > >we will have to look at the possibility of introducing a Logical Language > >in the European patent system". > > > >I am sure however that this issue will be forgotten, since nobody promotes > >it. > > I think the problem is that other than you, rather too few people have any > idea what is involved, and it seems rather quixotic to "promote it". Also > most of us are spare timers, so that "promoting" something, which sounds > like a big job, is beyond our capabilities. Depending on your capabilities, you could - place a link from www.lojban.org to swpat.ffii.org/lojban/ - write up additional documents to argue the case for using a Logical Language in patent specifications > Signing a petition on patents > sounded like meaningless support when none of us actually do any work with > patents; That's like saying "Signing a petition on civil liberties is meaningless when none of us is actually a lawyer". Patents are binding law that everybody is concerned with. > why should they care that a bunch of people that have nothing to > do with patent law signed the petition. A couple of lawyers in > intellectual property would seem more valuable than 100 random > Lojbanists. IP Lawyers will usually only sign petitions for the expansion of IP law to more domains, so as to create more litigation. So I would say, on the contrary, a couple of citiziens count more than 100 IP lawyers. Currently, in the IP law system there is no division of powers. Legislation, Jurisidiction and Execution are all in the hands of the same people. It is time to get citiziens in there as a counter-balance. -- phm