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IP: DCISOC panel "Patents and the Internet" Oct. 3
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 06:57:00 -0400
PATENTS AND THE INTERNET Protection or roadblock to innovation? Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000, Tysons Corner, VA This important panel will continue the debate between three authorities, each vitally interested in the issue of patents as it is evolving in IP Internet time. (Dave, At the end of this meeting announcement, I'll give some references to a previous debate and articles by these three people. Example: Lessig's '... I watched as a lawyer terrified the assembled crowd of Internet startups with stories of the increasing number of business-method patents that now haunt Internet space. Patent No. 5,715,314, for example, gives the holder a monopoly over "network-based sales systems" we call that e-commerce. Patent No. 5,797,127 forms the basis for Priceline.com and effectively blocks any competitor. Patent No. 4,949,257 covers the purchase of software over a network. ') - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Washington DC Chapter - The Internet Society The October meeting of The Internet Society, DC Area Chapter will bring together three special authorities to address the U.S. Patent Office and its attempts to keep in step with the increasing pace of technology, a topic that has significant short and long term impacts on the Internet. Many feel the Internet has become a world wide marvel because of an open environment with minimal regulation. Others feel patent protection is needed in order to have continuous innovative development. Are patents being granted for old ideas in "new clothing"; how easy is it to determine "prior art" vs uniqueness? Hear why patents for Internet related business processes and software have generated so much controversy. Listen to what these experts have to say; ask your questions; do some networking. SPEAKERS Q. TODD DICKINSON -- Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office TIM O'REILLY -- Founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates, a pioneer in the popularization of the Internet, and an activist for Internet standards and for Open Source software. LAWRENCE LESSIG -- One of the nation's leading authorities on Internet law, author (Code, and Other Laws of Cyberspace), and Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School. LOCATION Booz-Allen Hamilton at Tysons Corner Allen Building, 8283 Greensboro Drive McLean, Virginia 22102 Tel. 703-902-5000 Directions and map at: Announcements page, http://www.dcisoc.org WHEN Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Refreshment and networking 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Panel discussion, questions and answers There is no charge for this event, which is open to the public. For more information, including speakers biographies and links on the burning issue of patents, see http://www.dcisoc.org or contact Terry Weigler <tweigler () dcisoc org> 703-326-9880 ext. 112. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to <tweigler () dcisoc org>. If your organization would like to sponsor this meeting, contact Marty Burack <burack () isoc org>, tel. 703-645-2468, cell 703-599-4344. Press contact: Gene Gaines <gene.gaines () gainesgroup com> 703-433-2081. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Links to statements on patents by the panelists: 1. Who's Really Being Protected? An Interview With the Patents Office Director and Tim O'Reilly http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/patents/2000/05/24/PizzoFiles.html 2. The above, Chapter 2 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/patents/2000/05/24/PizzoFiles2.html 3. A Few More Thoughts on the Patents Issue by Tim O'Reilly http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/patents/2000/05/24/PizzoFiles3.html 4. The Problem With Patents, By Lawrence Lessig http://www.thestandard.com/article/article_print/0,1153,4296,00.html 5. More Patent issue background information http://www.dcisoc.org/info0010.html
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