[Fsfe-ie] [Info] BBC Radio 4 : In Business :"Breaking Down of the Patent System"

[Glenn Strong]

On Monday, January 24, 2005 at 17:33 +0000, Adam Moran wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/ram/inbusiness_current.ram
> 
> This may be worth a listen. ( It doesn't really get started until 1 min 
> 20 sec and talks about the U.S. model until 16 mins. )

Thanks Adam, sounds interesting.

Does anybody know if there is a way to listen to this without
RealPlayer? Even with Free/Non-Free questions aside, that particular
program gives me the willies.

If not then it looks like it's repeated Sunday 2130-2200. 

> 'Interesting' ideas coming from the Director ( and ex-head ) of the U.S. 
> Patent Office ... to paraphrase "an increase in the number of patents 
> means an increase in the number of innovations" ... that is
> 
> 	Patents = Innovations

Gaah! Talk about begging the question!
 
> The authors of "Innovation and Its Discontents" [1] counter this 
> argument. So does Lawrence Lessig. So does Joe Kraus ( ex exite.com )

Is this in the program? I'd
 
> Also Dominique Guellec of the European Patent Office makes some good points.
> 
> --
> Adam
> 
> [1] http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7810.html
> 
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-- 
Glenn Strong