don't know on which criteria, but I think have got the message through that the software industry will not be properly represented if there are no representatives from the "Open Source movement".
Please check your calendars as soon as possible and contact officials directly, Thisbe Niméus, Ministry of Justice. Tel: + 46 8 405 21 31 mail: thisbe.nimeus@justice.ministry.se or me for coordination, Erik Josefsson, erik@sslug.dk
kind regards
//Erik, member of SSLUG - Skåne Själland Linux User Group
from the program:
Description of the meeting
Counterfeiting and piracy constitute a large and growing problem facing industry worldwide. An estimated five to seven per cent of total world trade in 1999 was made up of products that were either counterfeit or pirate copies. The costs to those possessing the rights to such products are estimated at between 200 and 3000 million Euro a year. The European Commission's Green Paper on Counterfeiting and Piracy from 1998 is currently being followed up within the Union. Considering the EU's imminent enlargement, the matter is of pressing urgency. The conference will shed light on the problem of counterfeiting and piracy from a broad perspective. Speakers have been invited from WTO, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation), the Commission and a number of trade organisations. Both EU member states and candidate countries will be represented.
The conference aims both to spark a discussion on the problem of counterfeiting and piracy and to establish effective measures to combat such activities in an expanding EU.
Contact: Thisbe Niméus, Ministry of Justice. Tel: + 46 8 405 21 31
disclaimer:
Since the number of participants is limited, places will be allocated after the closing day of registration. Soon after this date you will receive a letter telling you whether we have been able to allocate you a place at the conference.