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		<title>Patent expert Alison Crofts says EPLA is pushed by pro-software patents lobby</title>
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		<description>Posts in the discussion thread &quot;Patent expert Alison Crofts says EPLA is pushed by pro-software patents lobby&quot; - In its edition of IP Value 2007, the Intellectual Asset Magazine (IAM) was publishing an article about the Reform of European Patent System, where an expert mentions that the push for the EPLA is coming from the pro-software patents lobby.</description>
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				<title>Patent expert Alison Crofts says EPLA is pushed by pro-software patents lobby</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>In its edition of <a href="http://www.buildingipvalue.com/07EU/p.160-163%20Dorsey%20&amp;%20Whitney.pdf">IP Value 2007</a>, the Intellectual Asset Magazine (IAM) was publishing an article about the Reform of European Patent System, where an expert (Alison Crofts from Dorsey &amp; Whitney) mentions that the push for the EPLA is coming from the pro-software patents lobby:</p> <blockquote> <p>The industry-based driving force behind the EPLA comes from the pro-software patent group as a way to ensuring that their software or potential <strong>software patents are fully enforceable across Europe</strong>.</p> </blockquote> 
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