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Mitch Kapor's Congressional Testimony
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Mitch Kapor is the founder of Lotus. This is his testimony to Congress OPPOSING software patents, saying they are harmful.
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Against Patenting Lifeforms
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A spiritual argument against the patenting of life forms by biotech companies
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Negative Correlation of Innovation and Software Patents
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This is part of the League for Programming Freedom's submission to the Patent Office, January 25, 1994. It shows evidence that patents hurt even the companies which get them.
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Oracle Corporation - Patent Policy
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This is a press release by Oracle, the database giant, AGAINST the copyrighting of software.
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Preparing for the Intellectual-Property Offensive
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In the interest of ensuring that free software developers having access to patented technology, Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens suggests a number of tactics and strategies to consider.
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Autodesk Statement
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Autodesk, the makers of a very popular animation program, have issued this statement against software patents.
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Adobe Testimony
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Transcript of the testimony by Douglas Brotz, an Adobe Principal Scientist, wherein Adobe officially establishes its opposition to software patents.
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A Worldwide Fight Against Biopiracy and Patents on Life
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Farmers and indigenous peoples are outraged that plants that they developed are being 'hijacked' by companies. Groups as diverse as religious leaders, parliamentarians and environment NGOs are intensifying their campaign against corporate patenting of living things.
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Boycott Amazon! - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
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The biggest software organization in the world calls for a boycott of Amazon for its predatory, monopolistic attempts to control basic web ideas.
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Internet Patent News
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Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce
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Protecting Information Innovation against the Abuse of the Patent System
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A documentation of software patents focusing on Europe, patent data, article reviews, and news.
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FFII - European Software Patent Horror Gallery
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Tabular listings and statistics of monopolies on programming problems, granted by the European Patent Office against the letter and spirit of the existing laws.
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Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe
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A short petition text which was signed by more than 50000 people in Europe during the first few months of its existence and which rallied support statements from 200 IT companies and 1000 programmers
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Slashdot - Patents
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Featuring patent news, links and discussion.
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Catalan Linux Users - Analysis of the Directive for Software Patents
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Analysis of the report to the European Parliament on the directive for software patents.
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The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents
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Slideshow presentation exploring the implications of and criticizing software patents.
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Vienna University - Intellectual Property Rights for the Rich and the Poor?
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Summarizes and discusses the impact of the introduction of IPRs protection on developing and least developed countries in accordance with the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement.
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AMNews: Unlocking innovation - Patents on procedures hurt patients
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The American Medical Association opposes patents on medical procedures. Here is one of their articles on the issue.
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Top Reasons Why No Epatents
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Illustrates the main reasons why EU should deny software patentability. Counter-arguments, reports and other informative texts.
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Protecting Innovation Against Patent Inflation
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The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) features legal information, news and selected online resources against software patentability.
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Software Patents Mailing List
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Mailing list discussions about the economic consequences of patents in the software industry.
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NoSoftwarePatents.com
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Campaign website against software patents in the EU. (Different languages)
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European Anti-Software Patent Bribe Pledge Drive
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Promotes the idea of bribes to fight software patents.
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GNU Project: Boycott Amazon!
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Richard Stallman of the GNU Project calls for a boycott of Amazon for enforcing its patent on the obvious concept of one-click purchasing.
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