FFII-UK event "Don't trip on the inventive step"
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A meeting on the UKPO Consultation on Inventive Step and Its Relation
to Software and Business Process Patents in the UK and EU.
It is free to attend but as we need to know numbers please let us know
if you plan to come by emailing:
address@hiddenWhen and Where: Monday May 22nd 2006, 1730 - 1930
Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre, John Vane Science Centre,
Charterhouse Square, London QMIPRI
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/campus/charterhouse/index.html
http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531923&y=181885&z=1&sv=Charterhouse+Square&st=1&tl=Charterhouse+Square,+EC1&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srfProgramme (subject to change):
* 1730 - 1800: Drinks and a chance to chat
* 1800: Introduction to the consultation and recent developments in
the area by a member of FFII-UK
* 1815 - 1900: Panel:
Phillip Johnson - Barrister
Alex Hudson - Association for Free Software UK Director Stratagia Ltd
Dr. Johanna Gibson - QMIPRI
Rufus Pollock - FFII UK chair
* 1900 - 1930: Discussion
* 2000: Supper at a nearby restaurant (if you would like to attend
please state this when you rsvp. Note the supper is /not/ free.)
RSVP to:
address@hidden
This event is kindly hosted by the Queen Mary IP Research Institute
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