Microsoft executives accuse IBM of leading a campaign against their initiative to have its Office Open XML standard approved by the International Organization for Standardization. Nicos Tsilas, from Microsoft, said that IBM and the likes of the Free Software Foundation have been lobbying governments to mandate the rival OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard to the exclusion of any other format. As a member of European standards group Ecma, IBM voted against the approval of Office Open XML (OOXML) as an Ecma standard.
After an event attended by European Parliament members, representatives from industry and enterprise, NGOs and IP specialists, the EPO has published a statement that ‘All speakers welcomed unequivocal
After an event attended by European Parliament members, representatives from industry and enterprise, NGOs and IP specialists, the EPO has published a statement that ‘All speakers welcomed unequivocally the opportunity to discuss the issue at a high level and made clear that a new CII (computer-implemented inventions) debate followed by legal modifications was neither necessary nor desirable.’
A Californian appeal court has decreed that online journalists and bloggers have the same right to protect their sources as other kinds of journalists. The ruling was issued in a case between the US electronics manufacturer Apple and websites that posted confidential information about some of its products. The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) petition on behalf of three online journalists was upheld. See more on the Apple v. Does case, including FAQ’s.
The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for new laws to protect users’ rights to use digital music and movies.
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