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Lord Sainsbury Steps Down, Won't Be Missed
Blog Lord Sainsbury's departure as science minister will be hailed by software developers. Lord Sainsbury: Is the advice I gave to the patent office wrong? Lord Sainsbury: Is it abused now? Lord Sainsbury: Is it a big problem at the moment?
[November 10, 2006, 17:06]
Developers Angry Over Software Patent 'evasion'
Talkback Lord Sainsbury, the "hero of the people". No doubt Lord Sainsbury thinks he knows better than the plebian classes. This is the guy that tried and failed to get people in the UK to buy and eat GM food against their wishes.
[December 15, 2004, 12:22]
Patent Campaigners Make Government Breakthrough
News At the end of a raucous meeting in London on Tuesday, the minister for science and innovation, Lord Sainsbury, and the UK Patent Office agreed to consult further on the pivotal issue of what should constitute 'technical contribution' when used to...
[December 14, 2004, 16:00]
Patent Office Wants Debate On Software Directive
Talkback The minister, Lord Sainsbury, said that the prurpose of the meeting was to allay the fears of those who opposed the government's proposals. The Patent Office officials appeared to have no understanding of software development and Lord Sainsbury was...
[February 21, 2005, 8:12]
UK Companies See Perils In Software Patents
News Lord Sainsbury, the minister for science and innovation, and the UK Patent Office (UKPO) heard evidence that many companies have been successfully protecting their work through copyright laws, and are unhappy about the prospect of having to apply...
[December 15, 2004, 14:40]
Developers Angry Over Software Patent 'evasion'
News DTI Minister Lord David Sainsbury said the meeting had been called to address the concerns of those who had written to their MPs about the issue. I thought it would be useful to have a meeting like this because I've received and answered many...
[December 15, 2004, 11:15]
Government Pledges Boost For Grid Technology
News Science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury, who has been leading a review of innovation policy, said the government will have increased funding of Research Councils to scientific and engineering research from £1.3bn in 1997 to nearly £3bn by...
[December 17, 2003, 12:55]
Mars Probe Hailed As Triumph For UK Technology
News The news of the successful split was made before an audience of dignitaries at London's Royal Geographic Society that included the Duke of York, Science Minister Lord Sainsbury and "Sky at Night" presenter Sir Patrick Moore.
[December 19, 2003, 16:45]
UK To Get 100 Teraflop Supercomputer
News Lord Sainsbury, science minister, announced last Friday that the government was providing financial backing to the HECToR (High-End Computing Terascale Resource) project. HECToR will be an indispensable tool for scientists across the entire breadth...
[April 3, 2006, 17:35]
Government Unveils £100m Tech Investment Plan
News Science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury today announced a £100m windfall for the high-tech sector as part of the next round of the government's technology programme, which has £320m to distribute to UK companies by 2008.
[March 16, 2005, 8:40]
EU To Throw Patents In With The Bath Water
Talkback If Lord Sainsbury is so sure that the nightmare scenario won't happen then maybe he won't mind "indemnifying" Open Source against it? Fine!
[December 20, 2004, 11:34]
EU To Throw Patents In With The Bath Water
Talkback After talking to Lord Sainsbury about this very issue, he assured me in the strongest possible terms that this was mearly a "cleaning up excersise". I'm guessing he used the same measurement that Chairman Blair did when describing what the EU...
[December 19, 2004, 4:24]
Developers Angry Over Software Patent 'evasion'
Talkback Anyone who has read 'Captive State' by George Monbiot will know that Lord Sainsbury has had the fingers of big business up his ass for a while and has also been quietly trying to screw the british public on number of issues, not least of all GM...
[February 4, 2005, 10:11]
Software Patent Fight Moves To Parliament
News We need to be persuading our ministers to take a more robust line, particularly Lord Sainsbury, who is in charge of patent policy," said Allan. British companies and citizens who oppose the controversial changes to European law on software patents...
[May 21, 2004, 12:10]
UK Research Investment Soars
News Minister for science and innovation, Lord Sainsbury said the results show the UK is an "attractive location for R&D activities, and companies are increasingly recognising the benefits of the UK as a productive environment for R&D investment".
[October 31, 2006, 8:56]
Patent Directive Slammed At UKPO Workshop
News Lord Sainsbury, the minister for science and innovation, and the UK Patent Office agreed to hold the workshops after a public meeting at the end of last year, where software companies and developers expressed their concern about the directive...
[April 8, 2005, 14:30]
Software Patents Make A Mockery Of European Ideals
Talkback And if anyone has any sense Lord Sainsbury should not be represendting GB in the counsil of ministers any more - he is a software patent fanatic if there ever was one - and he is one of the people who have been pushing the EU to adopt this...
[March 7, 2005, 21:16]
Public Meeting On Patents Excludes Anti-patent Campaigners
News The meeting, which has been organised by the UK Patent Office (UKPO), will include speeches from DTI Minister Lord David Sainsbury of Turville, UKPO executives and a question and answer session. A meeting on the proposed Computer Implemented...
[December 7, 2004, 15:55]
Europe's IT Industry Gets Wake-up Call
Talkback I remember emailing my MP about this very issue, only to be fobbed off by lord Sainsbury saying how its all going to be ok. The earlier post about Software patents is essencially correct, I would further add that alternatives that are actively...
[March 11, 2005, 13:42]
Taskforce Planned To Avert Galactic Armaggedon
News Science Minister Lord Sainsbury is spearheading the effort to create the new outpost in order to help co-ordinate an international effort. The British government has revealed plans to create a taskforce dedicated to planning for a galactic...
[November 30, 1999, 11:44]
