Oxfam calls for EU subsidy reform

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FTC calls for US patent reform

FTC calls for US patent reform 10/30/2003 12:36 PM
More hurdles, less backlog

More Calls For Patent Reform

More Calls For Patent Reform 04/28/2004 01:12 PM
Yet another study has come out pointing out all of the well known problems with the patent system and suggesting it's about time something was done to fix it. They suggest that there need to be more patent examiners, there needs to be a better process for contesting patents, and examiners need to reject more "obvious" patents. Of course, as another article about the patent system makes clear, the government sees the patent office more as a revenue generator rather than as a force for innovation. As such, they're not that interested in either spending more on it or making it harder to receive patents. As far as they're concerned, the more patents granted means more people will apply, and more funds will go into the patent office coffers - which can then be raided to pay off other government bills.

IBM calls for patent reform

IBM calls for patent reform 04/10/2005 09:52 PM
ZDNet Australia Apr 11 2005 12:54AM GMT

India calls for reform of the UN

India calls for reform of the UN 09/23/2004 01:22 PM
India's prime minister calls for urgent reform of the UN Security Council to make it a more effective global voice.

Brown calls for EU economy reform

Brown calls for EU economy reform 06/22/2005 01:59 AM
The UK must use its EU presidency to push for economic reform, the Chancellor says.

More Calls To Reform The Patent System

More Calls To Reform The Patent System 12/11/2003 02:30 PM
Earlier today we posted an article about how copyr ight law was harming, not helping, innovation. To go with that, how about an article from the Washington Post about how the patent system is harming, not helping, innovation. While the first article looked at DMCA smack-down suits, this one looks at all of the little patent shops that buy up ridiculous patents, don't actually build anything, wait for someone else (completely independently) to build something similar, and then sue them. It also looks at big companies who patent thousands of ideas every year, and then threaten any small company that might compete with them to "license our patents or else." The article mentions that many are hopeful that the resigna tion of the current USPTO directer will encourage real reform (despite all the praise he's receiving for being a "reformer"). From the quotes from the incoming director, though, I wouldn't hold my breath. In response to an FTC report that loudly questions the current patent system, the new USPTO director basically says that his hands are tied by treaty agreements the US has. He is happy, however, that the FTC suggests the patent office gets more money. Big surprise there. The money will go to more patent examiners, which just means that bad patents will get approved that much faster. What's needed is a real rethinking of the process. If the point of patents is to encourage innovation, we need to see if that's really happening or (if as appears in many cases) it's really just legalized extortion.

Arafat faces new calls for reform

Arafat faces new calls for reform 07/19/2004 06:24 PM
There is growing international pressure for reform of Palestinian security forces as a way to calm Gaza violence.

Microsoft Calls for Patent Law Reform

Microsoft Calls for Patent Law Reform 03/14/2005 04:42 PM
Critics of the United States patent system have found an unforeseen ally: Microsoft. During his keynote speech at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith proposed a series of reforms to correct flaws in the US patent system

Red Hat chief calls for idealism,
reform, sharing

Red Hat chief calls for idealism,
reform, sharing 08/03/2004 04:10 PM
What's wrong with the United States? It's too much like the New York Yankees, says CEO Matthew Szulik.

Religious Action Center - Reform Jewish
Movement Calls on Senator Frist to
Repudiate Claim That Judicial Nominees
are Victims of a "Filibuster Against
Faith"

Religious Action Center - Reform Jewish
Movement Calls on Senator Frist to
Repudiate Claim That Judicial Nominees
are Victims of a "Filibuster Against
Faith" 04/18/2005 12:42 AM
Rabbi David Saperstein .. Statement:

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WTO upholds U.S. cotton subsidy ruling

WTO upholds U.S. cotton subsidy ruling 06/20/2004 12:31 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Sun Jun 20, 01:39 am GMT

Subsidy on PDA, WCDMA Phones to Begin
This Week

Subsidy on PDA, WCDMA Phones to Begin
This Week 04/11/2004 08:13 AM
Hankooki Apr 11 2004 11:45AM GMT

Insurer to Fight Flab with Margarine
Subsidy (Reuters)

Insurer to Fight Flab with Margarine
Subsidy (Reuters) 01/05/2005 02:13 PM
Reuters - A Dutch health insurer will reimburse policyholders who consume certain cholesterol-reducing margarine, yogurt and milk products in a bid to fight heart disease, it announced on Tuesday.

South Korea to Allow Handset Subsidy for
European 3G Network

South Korea to Allow Handset Subsidy for
European 3G Network 12/26/2003 05:23 AM
Yonhap News Dec 26 2003 4:36AM ET

Bush Is Said to Seek Sharp Cuts in
Subsidy Payments to Farmers

Bush Is Said to Seek Sharp Cuts in
Subsidy Payments to Farmers 02/06/2005 03:18 AM
The proposal, aimed at reducing the deficit, puts the president at odds with some of his most ardent supporters in the rural South.

"Oxfam"

"Oxfam" 12/30/2004 12:07 PM

Oxfam - homepage

Oxfam - homepage 12/30/2004 06:28 AM
Oxfam - Asian Earthquake Flood .. OXFAM

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Oxfam International

Oxfam International 01/02/2005 04:45 AM
˘Š§… .. OXFAM

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Don't forget other crises - Oxfam

Don't forget other crises - Oxfam 12/29/2004 08:13 PM
The Asian disaster must not "suck money" from other crises, says Oxfam.

Oxfam launches download service

Oxfam launches download service 05/24/2004 06:21 AM
Oxfam is launching a music download service to help raise money to fight poverty around the world.

Oxfam enters music download biz

Oxfam enters music download biz 05/26/2004 09:14 AM
Charity site favours world's poor as well as label execs

Oxfam pays $1m tsunami aid duty

Oxfam pays $1m tsunami aid duty 06/17/2005 03:21 PM
The Oxfam charity has to pay Sri Lanka's government $1m in duty to import vehicles for tsunami aid work.

Oxfam America:Asian Earthquake &
Floods

Oxfam America:Asian Earthquake &
Floods 12/30/2004 09:59 PM
Oxfam US page .. OxFam

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Oxfam Launches Music Download Service

Oxfam Launches Music Download Service 05/23/2004 07:31 PM

Support Oxfam to help the Iraqi people
rebuild

Support Oxfam to help the Iraqi people
rebuild 12/31/2004 02:55 PM
www.oxfamamerica .. Oxfam

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Oxfam slams Euro sugar tariff

Oxfam slams Euro sugar tariff 04/13/2004 10:22 PM
Oxfam calls for an end to guaranteed prices for European sugar producers, saying the practice harms poorer farmers.

Oxfam releases download album for Darfur

Oxfam releases download album for Darfur 09/03/2004 08:42 AM
REM, Faithless and David Gray give it up for charity

Oxfam joins music-download business

Oxfam joins music-download business 05/24/2004 11:23 PM
ZDNet UK May 25 2004 3:23AM GMT

"Oxfam - Make a donation by credit or
debit card"

"Oxfam - Make a donation by credit or
debit card" 12/29/2004 06:41 PM

Oxfam - Make a donation by credit or
debit card

Oxfam - Make a donation by credit or
debit card 12/30/2004 04:29 AM
Please donate now to support people affected by the earthquake and floods in Asia (Oxfam) .. Oxfam is taking donations .. direct contribution .. donate .. Oxfam

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Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls?

Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
Last week we noted a new study saying that people get annoyed with others talking on mobile phones because they only hear one half of the conversation. At the time, I wrote that this made sense as periods of silence followed by talking are a lot more jarring to the passive listener. However, this BBC report claims that the reason for the annoyance is that it shows that we're more curious about what the other party is saying. I'm not sure I buy that. It seems much more likely that it's the variability in noise, from silent to noisy rather than any form of curiosity. When the conversation is at a constant hum (even when loud), it's much easier to tune it out. Still, the findings do go against the opinion many people have expressed that things like "push-to-talk" where the phone usually acts as a speaker phone would be more annoying since we get to hear both sides of the conversation. In fact, the researchers behind the study are even suggesting that mobile phone makers may want to explore adding speaker phones to more phones to make them less annoying. Of course, the study only set up two conditions: a conversation on a mobile phone and a face-to-face conversation. They didn't test the speaker phone situation to see how annoying that was. It's possible that the annoyance factor comes from the inability to make use of body language to express concepts as well, leading to a different tone of voice.

How to reform the FCC

How to reform the FCC 06/21/2004 07:26 AM
Economist Randolph May says the time is ripe to move the FCC to the executive branch, where there will be more political accountability for its actions.

reform-0.1

reform-0.1 09/13/2004 04:55 PM

The Register wants reform

The Register wants reform 06/24/2005 07:26 PM
According to Cathy Kirkman of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, the Register of Coyprights has decided to propose abolishing the compulsory right granted by section 115 of the Copyright Act. This is the provision that gives recording artists the right to record "covers," so long as they pay a specified fee. Remember this quote from a 1967 House Judiciary Report, considering a modification to the law as it existed then:

[T]he record producers argued vigorously that the compulsory license system must be retained. They asserted that the record industry is a half-billion-dollar business of great economic importance in the United States and throughout the world; records today are the principal means of disseminating music, and this creates special problems, since performers need unhampered access to musical material on nondiscriminatory terms. Historically, the record producers pointed out, there were no recording rights before 1909 and the 1909 statute adopted the compulsory license as a deliberate anti-monopoly condition on the grant of these rights. They argue that the result has been an outpouring of recorded music, with the public being given lower prices, improved quality, and a greater choice.

Copyright Law Revision, Committee on the Judiciary, 90th Cong. 1st, Sess., Rep. No. 83 66 (March 8, 1967). Apparently the Registrer believes performers no longer "need unhampered access to musical material on nondiscriminatory terms." What progress.

This Is Reform? (washingtonpost.com)

This Is Reform? (washingtonpost.com) 08/14/2004 02:53 PM

Patent Reform

Patent Reform 04/11/2005 08:52 AM
Steve Lohr: I.B.M. Hopes to Profit by Making Patents Available Free

X.org and XFree86 Reform

X.org and XFree86 Reform 01/23/2004 02:20 PM

Patent Reform?

Patent Reform? 06/05/2005 11:19 PM

I was reading Business Week and they had a little commercial section with ads from law firms. A couple of them were intellectual-property specialists and I snarled internally; whatever you think about patent law, as a longtime businessman I’m pretty convinced that the IP law profession, while it contains many good and intelligent people, is collectively a giant leech sucking money and time out of the community of innovators. Having said that, two of the lawyers’ blurbs jumped out at me; both about proposed US legislation which would institute a new process, within the PTO as opposed to the courts, for a quick challenge to the validity of a patent. This is important, because today, defending yourself against patent-infringement litigation is insanely expensive, $1M and up, way up. This is why most companies, in particular small companies, roll over and settle quickly when they get hit with this kind of lawsuit, no matter how dopey the patent is. Here are the two reports: Defending Against Patent Greenmail (which begins Patent “trolls” are currently the subject of much discussion...; most IP specialists don’t like to admit that patent trolls exist, but they do) and New USPTO Post-Grant Patent Opposition Legislation on Horizon. I think the high-tech business community ought to get behind this legislation, big-time. Everyone except the patent trolls.

Rockefeller Reform

Rockefeller Reform 05/26/2004 07:51 PM
AlterNet-28 minutes ago ... them on the phone. To learn more, she scanned The New York Times and typed "Rockefeller drug laws" into Google. Then she sent letters ...
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