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FFII: Patentes de Software na Europa: Nos últimos anos o Gabinete Europeu de Patentes (GPO) (EPO -- European Patent Office) tem, contrariamente à letra e espírito da lei vigente, concedido mais de 30000 patentes em regras de organização e cálculo implementadas em computador (programas para computadores). Agora o movimento de patentes Europeu está a pressionar para consolidar esta práctica escrevendo uma nova lei. Os cidadãos e programadores europeus encaram riscos consideráveis. Aqui encontrará a documentação básica, começando por uma visão por alto e as últimas novidades.
Comment vous pouvez nous aider a mettre fin au cauchemare des brevets logiciels: Die Patentbewegung konnte über Jahrzehnte hinweg Unternehmen und Regierungen für ihre Expansionsbestrebungen gewinnen. Rollende Züge sind schwer anzuhalten. FFII, Eurolinux und viele andere haben sich seit Jahren mit Erfolg dieser Arbeit gewidmet. Aber noch rollte der Zug, und wir haben wir viel mehr Aufgaben als freie Hände. Hier erklären wir, wie Sie unsere Arbeit voranbringen können.
FFII UK: Lobbying the Council of Europe: How decisionmaking in the Council works and what this means for the amended software patent directive
Página de campañas de ProInnova: Spanish Campaign against Software Patents and how to support it
Bernard Lang: Annotated Links on the Software Patentability Debate: contains a long list of commented references to studies on swpat economics
Die Gedanken sind ...: Leicht verständliche und unterhaltsame Einführung in die Problematik der Softwarepatente von Peter Gerwinski
European Consultation on the Patentability of Computer-Implementable Rules of Organisation and Calculation (= Programs for Computers): On 2000-10-19 the European Commission's Industrial Property Unit published a position paper which tries to describe a legal reasoning similar to that which the European Patent Office has during recent years been using to justify its practise of granting software patents against the letter and spirit of the written law, and called on companies and industry associations to comment on this reasoning. The consultation was evidently conceived as a mobilisation exercise for patent departments of major corporations and associations. The consultation paper itself stated the viewpoint of the European Patent Office and asked questions that could only be reasonably answered by patent lawyers. Moreover, it was accompanied by an "independent study", carried out under the order of the EC IndProp Unit by a well known patent movement think-tank, which basically stated the same viewpoint. Patent law experts of various associations and corporations responded, mostly by applauding the paper and explaining that patents are needed to stimulate innovation and to protect the interests of small and medium-size companies. However there were also quite a few associations, companies and more than 1000 individuals, mostly programmers, who expressed their opposition to the extension of patentability to the realm of software, business methods, intellectual methods and other immaterial products and processes. The EC IndProp Unit later failed to adequately publish the consultation results and moderate a discussion. Therefore we are doing this, and you can help us.
Galeria d'Horrors de Patents Europees de Programari: Una base de dades dels monopolis de problemes de programari, que l'Oficina Europea de Patents (EPO) ha concedit contra la lletra i l'esperit de lleis existents, i sobre les quals s'ha donat informació insuficient al públic en general, entregant només troços de dades gràfiques amagades darrera d'una màscara d'informació estimulant. El grup de treball de patents de programari FFII intenta seleccionar-les, fer-les accessibles i mostrar els seus efectes al desenvolupament de programari.
Patents Europees de Programari: Documentació Entenedora: Durant els últims anys, l'Oficina Europea de Patents (EPO) ha concedit més de 10 000 patents de programari, és a dir, pantents de regles de càlcul la validesa de les quals s'ha de provar amb raonament pur, per comptes de verificar-les amb l'experimentació amb forces naturals. Sistemàticament, estem col·leccionant aquestes patents i publicant-les de nou de manera més accessible.
Vrijschrift Swpat Art: Collection of images