12.21.2004  Patent Harmonization  The USPTO will host a conference on Feb. 3-4, 2005, "to discuss the current state of substantive patent law harmonization and possible approaches for moving harmonization forward." The meeting is for government reps only, and is (reading between the lines of the announcement) an attempt to resolve current disagreements in preparation for the WIPO meeting now scheduled for May. posted by James DeLong : 12/21/2004 08:24:06 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   FTC P2P Comments Happy Birthday SSRN ICAC Conference Copyright Tax on MP3 Equipment in Canada now History IP & the Conference on the Economy Geico vs. Google . Free Markets, Not Content Basic Copyright Philosophy IP & Pricing Strategy W3C on Web Architecture Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog

	12.21.2004  Patent Harmonization  The USPTO will host a conference on Feb. 3-4, 2005, "to discuss the current state of substantive patent law harmonization and possible approaches for moving harmonization forward." The meeting is for government reps only, and is (reading between the lines of the announcement) an attempt to resolve current disagreements in preparation for the WIPO meeting now scheduled for May. posted by James DeLong : 12/21/2004 08:24:06 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   FTC P2P Comments Happy Birthday SSRN ICAC Conference Copyright Tax on MP3 Equipment in Canada now History IP & the Conference on the Economy Geico vs. Google . Free Markets, Not Content Basic Copyright Philosophy IP & Pricing Strategy W3C on Web Architecture Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog