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End Software Patents

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End Software Patents (ESP) is a campaign to abolish software patents, launched in February 2008.[1] ESP is supported by Free Software Foundation (FSF), Software Freedom Law Center, and Public Patent Foundation, and has received financing from FSF.

2008, under Ben Klemens

In 2008, under the direction of Ben Klemens, ESP produced the 2008 State of Software Patents (direct link to study) 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.

2009 to present, under Ciarán O'Riordan

In 2009, under the direction of Ciarán O'Riordan, ESP launched the en.swpat.org wiki. Development of the wiki has been an ongoing task and is a continual part of all other work done by ESP.

As well as participating in consultations and court cases, ESP provides documentation and raises awareness so that other organisations will also participate.

ESP's actions include:

ESP Australia

Main article: ESP Australia

There is also an active and successful group in Australia, lead by Ben Sturmfels.

See: http://endsoftpatents.org/australia

External links

Press coverage

Articles

(These articles are in addition to http://endsoftpatents.org/news)

References