[okfn-coord] [Fwd: Re: Touching base] -- meeting with patent office

Tue Jul 11 20:51:28 UTC 2006

hi Rufus,

This looks promising! I have no idea what the scene in the Patent office
is, but this kind of pro-active contact is extremely encouraging.

What do you think the 'dossier owners' agendas are? Perhaps I'm missing
something.. why should this be confidential too... ? Just because it's a
new and untested contact?

Anyway - it would be interesting to find out more about these people..

Cheers,

Saul.

On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:53:32AM +0100, Rufus Pollock wrote:
> Please keep this confidential.
> 
> ~rufus
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Touching base]
> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:49:28 +0100
> From: Duncan Wearmouth <Duncan.Wearmouth at patent.gov.uk>
> To: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> 
> Rufus,
> 
> Thanks.  I did get it, but have been out and about so unable to
> co-ordinate with colleagues and hence the delay.  All of the copyright
> team is now based in Newport, South Wales.  I'm afraid I will miss the
> IPPR event this friday as I'm off to Helsinki tomorrow for the Finnish
> Presidency event on Copyright & Content Policy.  On getting together,
> excluding patents and limiting to Copyright sounds sensible, but as you
> say, a broad area. Although you have seen some of my team in passing at
> WIPO (Ceri & Michele) and you may have dealt with Janette McNeill in the
> past when she was working on CII, I wondered whether there would be a
> more fruitful discussion if you met us all rather than just me.  We
> wouldn't need to narrow the discussion then and it would of course set
> us up for more specific dialogue on issues which could be taken forward
> by the particular dossier owners in my team.  How do you fancy visiting
> Newport?  I'm happy to pay the travel costs.  How are you fixed for last
> week of July/first week of August?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Duncan
> 
> PS You may already be aware, but I was told last week that the
> additional session of the SCCR is pencilled in for September 11- 13 (Mon
> - Wed)
> 
> Duncan Wearmouth
> Director of Copyright & Enforcement
> Intellectual Property & Innovation Directorate
> The Patent Office
> Tel: 01633 813782
> Fax: 01633 814817
> Email: duncan.wearmouth at patent.gov.uk
> 
> >>>Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> 11/07/2006 11:35 >>>
> Dear Duncan,
> 
> Not sure this email got through so I'm just resending to make sure
> you've got it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rufus
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Touching base
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:26:41 +0100
> From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> To: Duncan Wearmouth <Duncan.Wearmouth at patent.gov.uk>
> References: <s4a3f256.042 at pdd04.patent.gov.uk>
> 
> Dear Duncan,
> 
> You did have an email address, unfortunately it was one that got so
> spammed that I had to shut it down. In any case I would be very happy
> to
> meet up. I am based in Cambridge but down in London on a semi-regular
> basis -- for example I will down monday and friday next week. Where
> are
> you located and would either London or Cambridge be convenient? In
> terms
> of focusing the discussion for a start we could exclude all
> patent-related issues. Of course this still leaves a wide field and
> I'm
> very happy to narrow this further.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rufus Pollock
> 
> Duncan Wearmouth wrote:
> >Rufus,
> >
> >Not sure that I'd got the correct email address in the attached...
> you
> >wear so many hats!  Would like to touch base with you some time
> though.
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >Duncan
> >
> >Duncan Wearmouth
> >Director of Copyright & Enforcement
> >Intellectual Property & Innovation Directorate
> >The Patent Office
> >Tel: 01633 813782
> >Fax: 01633 814817
> >Email: duncan.wearmouth at patent.gov.uk 
> >
> >
> 
> Duncan Wearmouth originally wrote on 26/05/2006:
> >Rufus,
> >
> >Just finished reading your paper on "The value of the Public Domain".
> 
> >I found it thought provoking and it then made me think that we
> always
> >seem to be only having snatched brief conversations in the coffee
> breaks
> >or margins of meetings.  If you are happy to do so, I would like to
> meet
> >up for a general meeting where we could have a more purposeful
> >discussion.  Happy to speak about any issue, but given the breadth
> of
> >stuff you are involved in, it would be helpful for me if we could
> agree
> >a few areas up front.
> >
> >Could you let me no your availability for the last week of June
> onwards
> >- I'm on leave now until the 19th June.
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >Duncan
> >
> >Duncan Wearmouth
> >Deputy Director
> >Head of Europe, Copyright,
> >Trade Marks & Design Policy
> >Intellectual Property & Innovation Directorate
> >The Patent Office
> >Tel: 01633 813782
> >Fax: 01633 814817
> >Email: duncan.wearmouth at patent.gov.uk 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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