EC wants software makers held liable for code
News Digital content is not a tangible good and should not be subject to the same liability rules as toasters," BSA director of public policy Francisco Mingorance told ZDNet UK on Thursday. Mingorance said the performance of a piece of software depends...
[May 8, 2009, 16:29]
'Dodgy-dossier syndrome' rife in the workplace
News More pertinent examples, perhaps, include the European Commission's draft directive on software patents, which was found to contain as its author the name of Francisco Mingorance, who is European director of public policy for the Business Software...
[November 14, 2003, 11:20]
SMEs don't get their fair share of EU patents
News Francisco Mingorance, the director of public policy for the BSA, claimed the study showed that patents are equally important to SMEs and big businesses. These figures explode the myth that CII [computer-implemented inventions] patents are the...
[June 9, 2005, 18:35]
Row erupts over software patent directive
News The draft -- a Microsoft Word document -- circulated by EuroLinux, contains in the author's field the name of the BSA European director of public policy, Francisco Mingorance. I look at this document," said Mingorance, "and it is not what we were...
[February 21, 2002, 16:50]
Even the BSA attacking Mandy over P2P crackdown
Blog Here's policy chief Francisco Mingorance: Peter Mandelson's proposals for cutting off file-sharers have kicked up an almighty ruckus. Technical and legal experts, as well and ISPs and the Open Rights Group, are lining up to give the business/first...
[August 25, 2009, 17:16]
