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schestowitzhttps://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/11/27/1654250Nov 29 08:30
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-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-soylentnews.org | FFII Calls for Donations Against Unitary Software Patent Trolls After a Disastrous Bundestag Vote - SoylentNewsNov 29 08:30
schestowitzThe Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure has a call for donations against the Unitary Software Patent Trolls after Thursday's disastrous Bundestag vote. On Thursday in Germany, the Bundestag voted on ratification of a proposal for a Unified Patent Court, largely seen as purely a vehicle for introducing software patents into Europe. As software patents in the US were on the way out, introducing them into Europe would Nov 29 08:30
schestowitzbring them back into the US after further "harmonization". Thursday's vote is the result of the software patent lobby changing its strategy in Europe by creating a central patent court outside of the control of the individual member states under which it would make its own rules and avoid democratically elected legislators.Nov 29 08:30
schestowitzFFII is now calling on its supporting companies and on the open source community to donate to crowdfund a Constitutional Complaint in Karlsruhe. Stopping the UPC in Germany will be enough to kill the UPC for the whole Europe. Politicians willfully ignored the problem that the UPC violates the “Rule of Law” principle, as the EPO still cannot be sued for maladministration, where there are 4 pending complaints in Karlsruhe, which Nov 29 08:30
schestowitzshould be issued in early 2021.Nov 29 08:30
schestowitzNext steps are a vote in the Bundesrat, according to Stjerna’s blogpostNov 29 08:30
schestowitzLegal Committee of the Federal Council is currently scheduled for 02/12/2020Nov 29 08:30
schestowitzFederal Council can therefore be expected to make its final deliberation on the draft legislation in its 998th session on 18/12/2020Nov 29 08:30
schestowitz–Dr Stjerna blog, Status of the UPCA ratification proceedings in Germany (12/12/2016, latest update on 26/11/2020) https://www.stjerna.de/restart/?lang=enNov 29 08:30
schestowitzGerman government believe that they can ratify before the end of the year, as they consider the UK still a member of the EU till 31st December. The agenda of next votes have been designed on purpose to ratify the UPC before the end of the year.Nov 29 08:30
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.stjerna.de | Dr. Ingve Björn Stjerna, LL.M. | Status of the UPCA ratification proceedings in Germany (12/12/2016, latest update on 26/11/2020)Nov 29 08:30
schestowitzThis plot twist is time-dependent and hangs upon a loophole in Brexit. Thus the time between now and New Year are crucial for preserving the ability to use or develop software in Europe. Again, this is about the uses to which software may be applied, not distribution. Usage is covered by patent law, distribution by copyright law.Nov 29 08:30
schestowitzThe FFII is a pan-European alliance of software companies and independent software developers. It is currently working to neutralize the Unitary Patent project, which is a third attempt to introduce software patents into Europe. The previous two attempts failed, but only because of the joint efforts of thousands of companies to defend against software patents in Europe.Nov 29 08:30
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schestowitz Thank you for keeping us in the loop on your Phase II feedbackNov 29 10:04
schestowitzYour e-mails have helped us tremendously in preparing for the discussions with senior management on the 17 measuresNov 29 10:04
schestowitzDear colleagues,Nov 29 10:04
schestowitzUpon the President’s instruction the Team managers involved all of us in the Phase II Team feedback exercise. There was a very clear message given to the President, namely to involve the elected representatives of staff in the discussions of the measures proposed after the Financial Study. Far fewer staff members succumbed to selecting the most favoured, or rather the least feared, measures in view of the Financial Study lacking Nov 29 10:04
schestowitzcredibility.Nov 29 10:04
schestowitzFind a brief summary of your feedback that has reached us here and watch this space for our report on the first discussions on 20 November 2019 between senior management and staff representatives.Nov 29 10:04
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schestowitzReply to the invitation for discussions with managementNov 29 11:15
schestowitzDear colleagues,Nov 29 11:15
schestowitzThe President invited us in an open letter dated 4 November 2019 to participate in discussions on the “financial study” and the consequent measures proposed unilaterally by management. We regret that, until now, Staff Representation has been entirely absent from discussions in both the first and the second phase of the financial study. Despite these failures to meaningfully involve us so far, we are now ready to enter into Nov 29 11:15
schestowitzdiscussions with an open mind. We are convinced that it should be possible to work together to define and agree the best measures to be implemented for the benefit of all staff, the EPO and the European society at large.Nov 29 11:15
schestowitzYou will find our letter of reply to the President and the nomination of our team here.Nov 29 11:15
schestowitzYour Central Staff CommitteeNov 29 11:15
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schestowitz Gathering the views of staff on financial measuresNov 29 11:16
schestowitzDear colleagues,Nov 29 11:16
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schestowitzMr Campinos has decided once more to bypass staff representation. He is asking Team Managers “to gather systematically the views of those in their team(s)” on “measures one to ten” in the Financial Study, i.e. on those measures exclusively directed at reducing your benefits and/or career prospects.Nov 29 11:16
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schestowitzOur recommendation:Nov 29 11:16
schestowitz-  Assuming that you trust that your feedback will be faithfully transmitted by your line management, taken into account and not used against you, there is no hurry to reply.Nov 29 11:16
schestowitz-  If you want to make sure that the CSC faithfully represents your feedback during their upcoming meetings with Senior Management, please copy it to centralstcom@epo.org.Nov 29 11:16
schestowitz-  If you think that there is no financial gap, then feel free to say so.Nov 29 11:16
schestowitz-  If you think that there might be a gap, don’t forget that measures 11 to 16 also exist. If you have ideas for other measures that have not been considered so far, do not hesitate to share these with your line management and with us too.Nov 29 11:16
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schestowitzYou will find some food for thought in this short paper. Nov 29 11:16
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schestowitzThe Central Staff CommitteeNov 29 11:16
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schestowitz [CSC] SR view on Interview on Financial StudyNov 29 11:18
schestowitzSR diverging views on answers the President and VP4 gave to questions posedNov 29 11:18
schestowitzDear colleagues,Nov 29 11:18
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schestowitzOn 22 October 2019 the President and VP4 invited four Team Managers to discuss the Financial Study with them. We congratulate our colleagues on stepping forward on this occasion, as they are usually more concerned with managerial tasks than details of Office finances and funding strategies. Having attentively watched and listened, we would like to add some comments and diverging views on some of the questions posed and the answers Nov 29 11:18
schestowitzthe President and VP4 gave.Nov 29 11:18
schestowitz           Do we have a financial problem?Nov 29 11:18
schestowitz           Why the extra EUR 2 billion?Nov 29 11:18
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schestowitzThe diverging views in full can be found here.Nov 29 11:18
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schestowitzWe will keep you posted on the developments.Nov 29 11:18
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schestowitzYour Central Staff CommitteeNov 29 11:18
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schestowitzPensioners Association on 17 MeasuresNov 29 11:19
schestowitzLetter to the BFC questioning the alleged financial gap and 17 measuresNov 29 11:19
schestowitzDear colleagues,Nov 29 11:19
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schestowitzThe Pensioners Association has similar to the Staff Representation addressed their concerns on the financial study, the overestimated  gap and the necessity of the 17 measures and request to revisit the financial study to establish more realistic calculations before any measures are proposed to the Council for decision. Their request matches the request of staff stemming from the recent Historic General Assemblies of more than 2000 Nov 29 11:19
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schestowitzThe letter of the Pensioners Association in full can be found here.Nov 29 11:19
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schestowitzWe will keep you posted on the developments.Nov 29 11:19
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schestowitzex19151cl (pdf) published 29/10/20Nov 29 11:19
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schestowitzhttps://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-fate-of-uk-spcs-in-brexit-era.html?showComment=1606320563788Nov 29 16:34
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The fate of UK SPCs in the Brexit era - The IPKatNov 29 16:34
schestowitz"After the end of the transition period, is it really clear that an applicant will be able to apply to the MHRA for a marketing authorisation that is truly UK-wide and will cover Norther Ireland? In order to have effect in Northern Ireland, any MA will need to comply with the EU acquis."Nov 29 16:34
schestowitzdid not realise that #IPKat had malicious surveillance added to all pages (not just Google's) until an SSL/TLS cert expired, triggering errorsNov 29 16:34
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Quantum_Quench/status/1333102087635406960Nov 29 17:56
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Quantum_Quench: @schestowitz New argument #1 According to the 'duck test', our patent system is now just a very expensive & 'illeg… https://t.co/eAd7pzEYnuNov 29 17:56
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Quantum_Quench: @schestowitz New argument #1 According to the 'duck test', our patent system is now just a very expensive & 'illeg… https://t.co/eAd7pzEYnuNov 29 17:56
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schestowitzNew argument #1Nov 29 17:56
schestowitzAccording to the 'duck test', our patent system is now just a very expensive & 'illegal' (in all 50 states) LOTTERY - not the GAME OF SKILL & KNOWLEDGE it used to be 100-200 years ago! Winners & losers are NOT BASED on any consistent & objective decision making!Nov 29 17:56
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1333003063670558720Nov 29 17:57
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz not markdown?Nov 29 17:57
schestowitzyou want markdown? I can make a version for that tooNov 29 17:57
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Quantum_Quench/status/1333107917474721792Nov 29 17:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Quantum_Quench: @schestowitz Winners & losers in the 'patent game' depend ALMOST ENTIRELY on what kind of Examiner they get & wheth… https://t.co/rbeff5Ku2BNov 29 17:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Quantum_Quench: @schestowitz Winners & losers in the 'patent game' depend ALMOST ENTIRELY on what kind of Examiner they get & wheth… https://t.co/rbeff5Ku2BNov 29 17:58
schestowitz"Winners & losers in the 'patent game' depend ALMOST ENTIRELY on what kind of Examiner they get & whether they are 'hard' or 'easy' & whether they're primary examiners or rookies! Most small entities get rookies while larger 'repeat customers' of the PTO get better & EASIER ones!"Nov 29 17:58
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