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The Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill graciously extends a warm welcome to our newest Nations:

Daye land
Maasai territories
Greaterlibertaria

Our Esteemed Region continues to attract the Most
Enlightened Nations in the JenGov Land.

MH

now that I've finally settled on a region and a public image with my new flag just thought I'd tell everybody hi.

Thursday, 18 August, 2016 :: 81

True words aren't eloquent;
eloquent words aren't true.
Wise men don't need to prove their point;
men who need to prove their point aren't wise.

The Master has no possessions.
The more he does for others,
the happier he is.
The more he gives to others,
the wealthier he is.

The Tao nourishes by not forcing.
By not dominating, the Master leads.

Today’s Featured Nation:
Reformed byzantine empire

” Simply the best”

WA Category: Democratic Socialists

Civil Rights: Average
Economy: Frightening
Political Freedoms: Some

Reformed Byzantine Empire's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Reformed Byzantine Empire is ranked 6,189th in the world and 32nd in NationStates for Most Inclusive, scoring 188.44 on the Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index.

Mikeswill

Yesterday’s Answer: What is the “1812 Overture”?

Congratulations:
Arithei
Naram-Sin

Only telegrammed responses will be considered
All responses must be in the form of a question

SCI-FI BOOKS

AN ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY ANN & JEFF VANDERMEER IS TITLED THIS GENRE THAT TAKES SCI-FI BACK TO VICTORIAN TIMES

What is … ?

Helloooooooooo peopleesssszzz

Friday, 19 August, 2016 :: 1

The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.

The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.

Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.

Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.

The Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill graciously extends a warm welcome to our newest Nations:

Rianavia
Pacequalis
Ddaammnn
Madalantis
Angryvideogamenerd
Andrean union

Our Esteemed Region continues to attract the Most
Enlightened Nations in the JenGov Land.

MH

The current WA Resolution, Repeal "Foreign Patent Recognition" has been posted on our off-site forums at:

http://www.runboard.com/bnationstates.f2.t83840

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION AT VOTE

Repeal "Foreign Patent Recognition"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#347

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #347: Foreign Patent Recognition (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Recognizing the utility of patents to many member states;

Encouraging well-reasoned legislation on the issue of patent rights and intellectual property;

Noting that GA #347 provides insufficient framework to prevent private entities and states from filing patents to block technological and scientific development in other nations, even if they have no interest in the technologies they patent;

Regretting that the target resolution allows patent holders to severely restrict use and availability of vital pharmaceutical products, thereby extending the suffering of citizens in many member nations who cannot afford to purchase exclusively patented medicines;

Noticing that GA #347 leaves many less advanced member states and their inhabitants to suffer the loss of their intellectual rights to more advanced member states and their inhabitants;

Concerned that, in order to enforce their patents abroad, patent holders must divulge the specifications of their technology, even if said technology's secrecy is a matter of crucial security;

Unconvinced that the ten-year minimum for foreign patent recognition set in clause four (4) is anything but an arbitrarily set number, with no absolutely consideration for the varying value of time on different member nations;

Aware that the concept of a patent is foreign to many member states' economic philosophies or ideologies, and may run entirely contrary to those of several member states;

Worried that GA #347 effectively forces nations without a patent system to adopt one, without recognizing the effects patents may have on their economic model or their ideological rights;

Disappointed that this resolution seeks to impose national law beyond its jurisdiction into other nations, compelling nations to recognize the legal power of patent agreements made in foreign nations;

Ultimately convinced that GAR #347 needlessly reduces economic freedoms and limits property rights;

The World Assembly hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #347, "Foreign Patent Recognition".

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 347

Foreign Patent Recognition

A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Category: Free Trade

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Railana

Description: Recognizing that many World Assembly member states use patents to encourage scientific and technological innovation,

Believing that the international recognition of patents will incentivize the creation of new inventions throughout all member states while providing inventors with a fair reward for their labours,

The General Assembly,

Defines "invention", for the purposes of this resolution, as a device, method, composition or process that is useful, novel and nonobvious, even to others skilled in the same field;

Further defines "patent", for the purposes of this resolution, as the set of exclusive rights granted to the creator of an invention, including the right:

to use, manufacture, offer for sale and import or export the invention,

to sell or license any of these rights to others,

to seek an injunction and fair damages against any entity that infringes upon these rights, and

to extinguish any of these rights;

Further defines "foreign patent", for the purposes of this resolution, as any patent granted by another member state;

Mandates that each member state recognize the exclusive rights associated with foreign patents for the lesser of the following: ten years after the date on which the patent was granted, or the period used by the member state that granted the patent;

Encourages member states to extend patent terms for inventions which are subject to lengthy regulatory approval processes and other delays that reduce the effective period of protection for such inventions, such as pharmaceuticals;

Authorizes member states to create reasonable limitations and exceptions to the exclusive rights associated with certain foreign patents when:

a substantially similar invention to the invention that is the subject of the foreign patent has been patented by a different inventor in a member state, and the date on which the substantially similar invention was first granted a patent by a member state is prior to the date on which the invention that is the subject of the foreign patent was first granted a patent by a member state,

the invention that is the subject of the foreign patent is not currently being exploited in that member state, and the inventor has no good faith plans to exploit the invention in that member state in the near future,

the member state in which the invention that is the subject of the foreign patent was first granted a patent did not release the relevant patent application in a timely manner, and

such limitations and exceptions are necessary to enforce any additional reasonable and appropriate patent regulations created by that member state, including but not limited to regulations regarding the interpretation of clauses 1 and 2 of this resolution, so long as such regulations remain consistent with the object and purpose of this resolution;

Specifies that international intellectual property disputes, including but not limited to international disputes on copyrights, trademarks, or patents, constitute international trade disputes for the purposes of international law;

Clarifies that nothing in this resolution should be interpreted as requiring member nations to recognize any patents other than foreign patents, nor any patent in respect of an invention that is itself in violation of regulations unrelated to patent law, such as health and safety standards for manufactured goods;

Further clarifies that nothing in this resolution should be interpreted as limiting the World Assembly from further legislating on patents.

Votes For: 9,881 (69%)
Votes Against: 4,513 (31%)

Implemented: Wed Oct 14 2015

Originally Mikeswill voted for the World Assembly Resolution "Foreign Patent Recognition" and amongst NationStates residents, voting was 29-6 (82% For).

Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill
WA Delegate
NationStates Region

The Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill graciously extends a warm welcome to our newest Nations:

People maus
Eassia
ANSTAUN
Beanz

Our Esteemed Region continues to attract the Most
Enlightened Nations in the JenGov Land.

MH