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schestowitz> Brussels, 1st April 2012 -- The Council of European ministers agreedApr 03 15:04
schestowitz> today on the location of the future European Patent Court, which isApr 03 15:04
schestowitz> going to be located in Sealand, 10 kilometers off the English coast. TheApr 03 15:04
schestowitz> European patent community has finally achieved independence from electedApr 03 15:04
schestowitz> parliaments.Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Georg Friedrich Reichmann, patent attorney in Munich, is happy about theApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> agreement: "Sealand is the perfect location for the court. Since theApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> patent system is a very special part of law, it should have its ownApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> court clearly detached from the law of the Member States. It is theApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> final victory for the patent community to achieve independence - we haveApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> been trying to achieve that for more than 50 years."Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Jan Schultz, a respected patent judge of Germany, comments: "I am a bitApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> concerned with the accessibility of the place, but I am sure the BritishApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> government will provide helicopters at the disposal of the judges andApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> the litigants. Flying judges will become a reality."Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> An ex-member of the European Court of Justice, who wanted to remainApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> anonymous, mentioned to us: "Sealand is not part of the European Union,Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> and it reflects the non-EU nature of this agreement. The EuropeanApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Parliament has basically committed suicide in patent law by giving greenApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> light to that kind of agreement."Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> A press spokesman of the EPO said: "The European Patent Convention (EPC)Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> is the perfect legal instrument for the foundations of the court. TheApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> EPO is based on the EPC, and we have enjoyed very much our independenceApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> from elected politicians for nearly 30 years."Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Apr 03 15:05
schestowitz> Erik Angström, from the PirateBay: "We did not succeed in raising enoughApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> funds to buy Sealand, now the patent establishment succeeded in raisingApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> more money than we did. Nevertheless, will use the money raised toApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> purchase another island somewhere, to declare it a sovereign nation likeApr 03 15:05
schestowitz> the european patent community did".Apr 03 15:05
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