[Fsfe-uk] Call for Evidence on Patents, Copyright, Enforcement, Competition and SME access to services

[MJ Ray]

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview/ipreview-c4e/ipreview-c4e-paper.htm

    "The Government has asked Professor Ian Hargreaves to lead a short
    review of the Intellectual Property (IP) framework (law and
    practice) to consider how it might be changed in the interest of
    promoting innovation and economic growth. The Review will take
    into account the conclusions and evidence provided to previous
    reviews in this area, but we invite fresh evidence on the extent
    to which the current IP system successfully promotes innovation
    and growth and how it could do so more effectively."

    "[...] the Review seeks economic data and related evidence which
    are methodologically sound, robust and clearly sourced. Responses
    relying on empirical data should clearly identify the methodology
    used and any critical assumptions relied upon, identify the
    source(s) of the data, and provide a copy of or a citation to each
    such source. At the same time, the Review welcomes evidence in the
    form of case-studies and individual experiences which illustrate
    one or more of the issues under consideration."

Submissions should be sent to the IP and Growth Review Team, by 4
March 2011.  They prefer submissions to address@hidden

Before we blunder into this minefield without a map, would anyone like
to offer hints and tips about what would be best to submit?

Thanks,
-- 
MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op.
Webmaster, Debian Developer, Past Koha RM, statistician, former lecturer.
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