Fwd: "Recommendations for the patent system of the future" from The Da nish Board of Technology - now published

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> From: Janus Sandsgaard <jas at Tekno.dk>
> Date: 6 juni 2005 15:10:05 GMT+02:00
> To: Subject: "Recommendations for the patent system of the future" =20
> from The Da nish Board of Technology - now published
>
> The report from The Danish Board of Technology, "Recommendations for =20=

> the
> patent system of the future", is now published and can be downloaded =20=

> from
> the Boards homepage:
> http://www.tekno.dk/subpage.php3?=20
> article=3D1132&toppic=3Dkategori11&language=3Duk&category=3D11
>
> The general conclusion by the cross disciplinary working group behind =20=

> the
> report is that it is no longer tenable just to keep filling up the old
> system without producing a more solid foundation for decisions. In
> particular, developments in biotechnology and information technology =20=

> have
> put the system under pressure; however, those developments have also
> resulted in the discussion of issues of a more fundamental nature for =20=

> the
> entire patent system. The recommendation by the group is to slow down =20=

> in an
> attempt to control this evolution, to ensure the appropriate =20
> development and
> exchange of knowledge needed to support future growth and welfare.
>
> Based on this general conclusion the working group presents a series =
of
> recommendations in the report, which aims to stimulate a fundamental =20=

> debate
> about the future of the patent system
>
> Contact:
> Janus Sandsgaard
> jas at tekno.dk
> tel. + 45   33 32 05 03
> mob. + 45   28 40 40 88.
>
> Janus Sandsgaard
> Projektmedarbejder / Project assistant
> Teknologir=E5det / The Danish Board of Technology
> http://www.tekno.dk