Intéressant,
"PROJET DE LOI portant approbation de l’Acte portant révision de la
Convention sur la délivrance de brevets européens du 5 octobre 1973,
fait à Munich, le 29 novembre 2000"
- améliorer le fonctionnement institutionnel de l’Organisation
européenne des brevets et favoriser son intégration dans l’environnement
international et communautaire afin de tenir compte des derniers
développements techniques et juridiques en matière de propriété
intellectuelle
TRES INTERESSANT !
"La possibilité pour le Conseil d’administration d’adapter la Convention
au droit international et communautaire en matière de brevets est aussi
introduite."
donc, SANS le contrôle et la supervision du Parlement Européen !
"La Conférence diplomatique s’est aussi penchée sur la problématique de
la protection par brevet des programmes d’ordinateurs, question
controversée dans le débat public et qui a finalement été postposée à
une révision ultérieure de la Convention."
Page 8 : "La pratique juridique actuelle de l’OEB, qui permet la
brevetabilité des programmes d’ordinateurs en appliquant les critères
généraux de brevetabilité, reste inchangée."
Page 14 : "La suppression des programmes d’ordinateurs à l’article
52(2)c) a été proposée à titre de mesure minimale. L’OEB et ses chambres
de recours ont toujours interprété et appliqué la Convention de manière
à ce que cette dernière exception n’empêche pas les inventions dans le
domaine informatique, c’est-à-dire celles qui ont pour objet ou qui font
intervenir un programme d’ordinateur, de bénéficier d’une protection par
brevet. Les programmes d’ordinateurs produisant un effet technique sont,
selon la jurisprudence de l’OEB, brevetables par application des
critères traditionnels de brevetabilité."
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It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, it is by the beans
of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the
shaking becomes a warning, it is by caffeine alone I set my mind in
motion."
(paraphrase of the mentat Piter DeVries from "Dune" by Frank Herbert)
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Serge Marelli, Luxembourg
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georges.schutz(a)tudor.lu wrote:
> Zalli Alain
> I can come to the meeting for half an our to give you latesed news.
That would be great!
> But I would also expect some info from you because we have no real
> feedback from the LiLux since some time concerning the LinuxDays event.
Sorry for that.
Thierry will do the advanced networking tutorial.
Normally Pascal Steichen should do the Basic Tutorial (but we are
waiting for his confirmation...). Cc'ed to Pascal: can you confirm?
> I did not see any propmotion for the LinuxDays 2007 on the LiLux page I
> only saw a lilux wiki page with first organization details.
Pascal: could you update the web page please?
> So I will be there for discussion.
Thanks!
>
> Georges Schutz
Alain
Please register your presence on the Wiki page at
http://www.lilux.lu/wiki/index.php/LinuxDays , so that we can be sure
that somebody is present at our stand at all times, even during the
tutorials.
Thanks,
Alain
Bonjour,
C'est un peu off-topic, mais si vous avez un instant, veuillez signer
la pétition suivante, initiée par la Euroscience workgroup on
scientific publishing , sponsorisée par la DFG, JISC, SPARC-Europe,
SURF, et DEff.
http://www.ec-petition.eu/index.php?p=petition
Au sujet de la recommandation A1 de la Study on the Economic and
Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets of Europe ,
étude exhaustive (>100 pages) publié en 2006, commissioné par la
DG-Recherche, Commission Européenne.
RECOMMENDATION A1. GUARANTEE PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLICLY-FUNDED RESEARCH
RESULTS SHORTLY AFTER PUBLICATION
Research funding agencies have a central role in determining
researchers' publishing practices. Following the lead of the NIH and
other institutions, they should promote and support the archiving of
publications in open repositories, after a (possibly domain-specific)
time period to be discussed with publishers. This archiving could
become a condition for funding.
The following actions could be taken at the European level:
(i) Establish a European policy mandating published articles arising
from EC-funded research to be available after a given time period in
open access archives, and
(ii) Explore with Member States and with European research and
academic associations whether and how such policies and open
repositories could be implemented.
Etude complète:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/pdf/scientific-publication-stu…
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Merci,
Patrick Peiffer
Creative Commons Luxembourg,
http://blog.luxcommons.lu
"Computer Privacy in Distress"
Wired News (01/17/07); Granick, Jennifer
Recent court cases have brought the question of computer privacy into
the spotlight, as it pertains to the Fourth Amendment's protection
against unreasonable search and seizure. Recent cases have proposed
that border agents can search PCs of individuals crossing the border,
without reasonable suspicion or a warrant.
Though "routine" searchers are allowed to take place without reasonable
suspicion, no court has directly addressed the question of whether
searching a PC at the border is a routine or non-routine search. Due to
the amount of private information on PCs, the length of time searches
take, and the probability of finding contraband, courts may rule that
reasonable suspicion is needed for such searches.
U.S. v. Zeigler, heard in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has
stated that employees of private companies have no reasonable
expectation of privacy, meaning no Fourth Amendment rights, concerning
their workplace computers. Unless defense attorneys' requests for a
rehearing are granted, the government could walk into an office without
cause or a warrant and search the entire contents of the computer of any
employee.
The 9th Circuit is also trying to figure out a way to make sure
authorities get the information they need without accessing or
disturbing private, unrelated material that may be on the same disk
drive. For example, in prosecuting United States v. Comprehensive Drug
Testing, the government obtained warrants and seized databases
containing drug test results for the 10 baseball players suspected of
taking steroids, as well as the test results for hundreds of other
athletes, and despite a lower court ruling that said the government must
return the unrelated information, the 9th Circuit upheld a government
appeal. This case shows that warrants must not only state what
authorities can seize, but what they may not access on these seized
machines.
Courts, and possibly Congress, have a complicated road ahead in crafting
a computer privacy compromise that is supported by both privacy
advocates and investigating authorities.
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72510-0.html?tw=wn_index_18>
"Ethics Dilemma in Killer Bots"
The Australian (01/16/07) P. 29; Argy, Philip
Guard robots being deployed on the northern border of South Korea are
capable of firing on human targets without receiving any direct commands
from humans, and have brought up many important ethical questions. Each
Intelligent Surveillance and Security Guard Robot will be equipped with
a daylight camera capable of identifying targets within a 4-kilometer
radius, and an infra-red night vision camera that has a range of 2
kilometers.
While humans can use a joystick and touchscreen to control the robots,
they are programmed to respond autonomously when an intruder does not
provide a correct password. The robot's responses include sounding an
alarm, using non-lethal force, or firing a machine gun or rifle; these
would be the world's first robots with such capabilities.
While the manufacturer says the robots are superior to human guards
because they are immune to weather conditions and fatigue, many point
out that a human soldier could utilize discretion and understand the
consequences of his actions. Australian Computer Society's Mike Bowern
expresses concerns over the potential for "software and hardware
defects" to "influence the robot's conduct." He also points out that
little is known of the ethical considerations taken by the robots'
designers, or any code they must follow, since Korea doesn't have an
independent professional association such as the ACM or the ACS, and the
Korean Ministry of Information and Communication seems to place greater
importance on technical aspects than it does on professional or ethical
concerns.
Many worry that these robots could eventually be sold to private
customers. Computer ethicist James Moor points out the robots could not
be held legally or morally responsible for their actions, leaving such
responsibility up to technology professionals.
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21064361%5E15309%5E%5Enbv%5…>
Rappel - Reminder
<http://www.isoc.lu/infotheque/avis/lisoc-sonde-les-internautes-luxembourgeo…>
Depuis le 15 décembre, l'ISOC Luxembourg a lance un sondage des
internautes luxembourgeois "afin d’évaluer leur degré de satisfaction
par rapport au service qui leur est offert par les fournisseurs d’accès
à Internet."
Le sondage se trouvera à l’url <http://survey.isoc.lu/> en langues
française, allemande et anglaise.
Il sera actif jusqu’au 15 janvier 2007 inclus.
Pour ceux qui ne l'ont pas encore fait, je suggère de répondre à ce sondage.
bonne journée
Serge
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It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, it is by the beans
of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the
shaking becomes a warning, it is by caffeine alone I set my mind in
motion."
(paraphrase of the mentat Piter DeVries from "Dune" by Frank Herbert)
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Serge Marelli, Luxembourg
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