Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII

Post by mantas » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:18 PM UTC

rbecker wrote: post #30

mamon wrote: post #22

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In fact I think EU should take few steps back: the perfect state was before Lisbon treaty, when EU was basically just a free trade zone. Since Lisbon they try to make it a single country, with unified policy on international affairs, military, etc, which doesn't make sense.

Of all the things the EU does, unified international policy makes the most sense to me - only way to avoid getting picked off one by one. It's the attempt at unifying countries internal policies that I don't see the point of.

Post by dataflow » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:20 PM UTC

kzrdude wrote: post #16

raxxorrax wrote: post #9

The law itself makes sense in my opinion, but the way it was introduced makes the self declaration as being democratic a cheap farce. I doubt the EU will survive in its current state. 10 years ago that would have made me sad. There are enthusiasts, but not enough to make it work.

The enthusiasts need to temper their dreams and expectations - EU is doing fine, and doesn't need to always become more powerful or more integrated. Especially not now, when citizens don't want it.

Post by chki » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:21 PM UTC

Ygg2 wrote: post #19

chki wrote: post #14

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What do you mean by that? Do you seriously think that somebody (who exactly?) is suppressing news about this court? Isn't it _a lot_ more probable that this is simply a highly technical issue that doesn't get a lot of attention? As somebody who is somewhat invested into EU law but not into patent law I have already heard about it by the way. I'm always very skeptical about this sort of vague accusation, implying that…

> What do you mean by that? Well. The less you know about how and what bureaucracy does, the less can you ask yourself why does it exist in the first place. And the more bureaucrats can keep their pointless jobs. It's not so much conspiracy as protection by obfuscation. I bet you don't know why you need even half of documents in your last encounter with it.

Post by enaaem » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:29 PM UTC

skocznymroczny wrote: post #25

raxxorrax wrote: post #12

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With von der Leyen being president, I am pretty sure we make the wrong decision. Yes, some Europeans might think she looks sympathetic, especially those that don't know her well because of language barriers. That she is on the position is testament to the democratic dysfunction of the Union. Officially she is in a conservative party, which eastern European countries liked very much. If we want to take democracy serio…

Conservative doesn't really mean much anymore on its own. CDU might be considered conservative by Western European standards, but it's liberal by Eastern European standards.

Post by yorwba » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:29 PM UTC

dataflow wrote: post #43

kzrdude wrote: post #16

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The enthusiasts need to temper their dreams and expectations - EU is doing fine, and doesn't need to always become more powerful or more integrated. Especially not now, when citizens don't want it.

> EU is doing fine If it is, why isn't it cracking down more seriously on, say, GDPR violations already? Is giving companies multiple years to adjust still not enough? Or does a serious enforcement of its laws not fall under the umbrella of doing fine (nor sure if pun intended)?