FSFE Newsletter

[Reinhard Mueller]

Am Dienstag, den 08.01.2008, 12:17 +0000 schrieb Rui Miguel Silva
Seabra:
> No, they should demand EPO to ungrant them.
> 
> They can't do that, of course,

Exactly. All the discussions that the EC should have invalidated the
patents are void, because the EC has no control whatsoever over the EPO.

> because the EPO has a greater power than EC. 

That's a strange view - there are a lot of organisations that the EC has
no influence upon (and IMHO it has to be that way in a democracy).

That there is *no* other institution that controls and influences the
EPO in a democratic way is a severe bug in the system, but you can't
blame the EC for that.

Thanks,
Reinhard
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 307 bytes
Desc: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
URL: <http://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/discussion/attachments/20080108/99a52ad9/attachment.sig>