PDC: Patent working group

This Working Group (WG) was established by the Policy Development Committee (PDC) on 6 February 2013.

Focus & Themes
This working group has been tasked with developing policy relating to formalising existing party views on patent reform. This policy will redefine patents and their laws in order to manage issues around gene patents, software patents, and the misuse of patents in scientific and academic fields. The working group is chaired by Mark Gibbons and will develop a draft proposal including detailed policy and polly tables to be presented at the February 20 PDC meeting.

Meeting Schedule
Meetings are transparent, open and accessible to all members. Please contact the PDC with any ideas should you not be able to attend, or if you are attending, please add them to the agenda linked below.


 * TBC on #ppau-pdc
 * Agenda: TBC

Current Deadlines
As per the motion passed by the PDC, the deadline for presentation to the Committee is 20 February 2013. This should include a Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) table and a recommendation to the Committee based on the research of the WG and should relay any member input given to the WG by the members of the Party.

Previous Minutes

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(MAUT table under construction)