Yes, the US company could complain to the relevant office of their government (whichever office that would be) and the dispute could be raised as an issue with the World Trade Organisation.
Using water to avoid food freezing used to be very common in Norway (and doubtless in other countries with similar climates) before the advent of electricity.
Put a few buckets of water in your food storage room, and as long as the water is not frozen, the food in the room will not freeze either. Just before the water freezes, replace the buckets with liquid water. Repeat as necessary, and the food will not freeze.
This might actually work, if implemented properly.
Here in Norway, we have a similar scheme, were you pay an extra charge for every dishwasher/washing machine/fridge/etc you buy.
But this charge gives you the right to hand in your existing dishwasher/fridge/etc to any shop that sells dishwashers/fridges/etc, and they have to accept them free of charge. This works even if you don't buy any new items - I can quite legally dump my broken washing machine at any shop that sells dishwashers/washing machines/etc, and they have to accept it and dispose of it properly.
So the extra charge you pay when buying your new fridge actually covers the shop's expenses getting rid of your, or someone else's old fridge.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, the US company could complain to the relevant office of their government (whichever office that would be) and the dispute could be raised as an issue with the World Trade Organisation.
_ subjects_index_e.htm#patents
Which seem to handle plenty of patent disputes:
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu
Me too!
I work for IBM Norway and I have found exactly _zero_ web-based applications that require IE.
Lotus Notes is a different matter, but with the coming (hopefully soon) switch to IBM Workplace, this shouldn't be a too much of a problem either.
Nokia are a big company, but I wouldn't really classify them as a "country" just yet...
...would this be modded "Insightful" :)
So what gives? Do the moderators know something I don't?
GSM is European all right, but it's not French, it merely has a French name.
I'm European myself, so correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't the American disdain for all things French a rather new thing?
Using water to avoid food freezing used to be very common in Norway (and doubtless in other countries with similar climates) before the advent of electricity.
Put a few buckets of water in your food storage room, and as long as the water is not frozen, the food in the room will not freeze either. Just before the water freezes, replace the buckets with liquid water. Repeat as necessary, and the food will not freeze.
OpenNTF
Yep, you said it :)
Ridiculous - how hard can it be?
Organisation-wide IM client with authentication from internal LDAP/Domino Directory
- no need to let AOL/MS listen in on your conversations, or open up your firewalls for that matter
- every conversation is encrypted by default
- server can be set up to log everything
There ARE other options than MSN Messenger/AIM, you know...
That's sharing a copyrighted work, and illegal.
Sue the bastards.
This might actually work, if implemented properly.
Here in Norway, we have a similar scheme, were you pay an extra charge for every dishwasher/washing machine/fridge/etc you buy.
But this charge gives you the right to hand in your existing dishwasher/fridge/etc to any shop that sells dishwashers/fridges/etc, and they have to accept them free of charge. This works even if you don't buy any new items - I can quite legally dump my broken washing machine at any shop that sells dishwashers/washing machines/etc, and they have to accept it and dispose of it properly.
So the extra charge you pay when buying your new fridge actually covers the shop's expenses getting rid of your, or someone else's old fridge.