End Software Patents
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End Software Patents (ESP) is a campaign to abolish software patents. It is supported by Free Software Foundation (FSF), Software Freedom Law Center, and Public Patent Foundation, and has received financing from FSF.
In 2008, under the direction of Ben Klemens, ESP produced the 2008 State of Software Patents which highlights that non-software companies are now often victims of software patent litigation, and that the cost of software patent litigation to USA companies can be estimated at $11.26 billion per year. ESP also submitted an amicus curiae brief to the CAFC for the in re Bilski case: esp-bilski-final.pdf
In 2009, under the direction of Ciarán O'Riordan, ESP launched the swpat.org wiki and submitted an amicus curiae brief to the US Supreme Court for the Bilski v. Kappos case: amicus-bilski-2009
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[edit] Press coverage
- Ending software patents: Has the time come?, Fortune, February 2008
- Groklaw looks at ESP's Supreme Court brief for Bilski, 2009
- Ars Technica looks at the in re Bilski briefs, including ESP's, April 2008
- Interview: Ciaran O'Riordan of End Software Patents, March 2009
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