Archive for the ‘Intellectual Proprietary Rights’ Category
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The digital Europe - i2010 Initiative
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Preparing Europe’s digital future i2010 Mid-Term Review {SEC(2008) 470}
INTRODUCTIONInformation and Communication Technologies (ICTs) continue to be a major driver of economic and social modernisation. Today, businesses in the EU devote 20% of investment to ICTs, and the sector accounts for 26% of overall research expenditure. Moreover, 60% of basic public services [...]
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Creative Content Online for EU
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
On January 3rd, the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation for the preparation of a recommendation on Creative Content Online for the European Union for a common legal environment for online content, proposing multi-territory licences.EU policies should support the rapid implementation of “new services and related business models for [...]
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The “Wish list” no more, MS patented it
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Do you want a wish list? For shopping or for Santa Claus? Sorry, you have to pay to Microsoft for it!
In accordance with Techdirt, Microdoft just got the patent for the “wish list”.
In the US Patent dated January 1, 2008, the wish list is defined as “an electronic item list system [...]
