Who lobbied for software patents

From en.swpat.org

(Page in flux... I'd like to make a page which lists references for saying that a certain company lobbies for or against software patents. I'll have to better define this goal...)

• Alcatel^[1][2]
• CompTIA lobbied for software patents during the EU software patents directive^[3]
• EICTA
• Ericsson^[4]
• Microsoft lobbied both directly^[5] and by funding (non-transparently) "sock puppet" campaigns such as Campaign4Creativity.
• Nokia lobbied for software patents during the EU software patents directive.^[6]
• Philips lobbied for software patents during the EU software patents directive.^[7]
• SAP lobbied both directly and by funding (non-transparently) "sock puppet" campaigns such as Campaign4Creativity.
• Siemens lobbied for software patents during the EU software patents directive.^[8]

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://www.ffii.fr/Alcatel-rapports-annuels-et-brevets.html
2. ↑ http://eupat.ffii.org/log/03/telcos1107/index.en.html
3. ↑ http://wiki.ffii.org/CampaignForCreativityEn
4. ↑ http://eupat.ffii.org/log/03/telcos1107/index.en.html
5. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4655955.stm Regarding the EU software patents directive: "Big technology firms, such as Philips, Nokia, Microsoft, Siemens, and telecoms firm Ericsson, continued to voice their support for the original bill.
6. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4655955.stm Regarding the EU software patents directive: "Big technology firms, such as Philips, Nokia, Microsoft, Siemens, and telecoms firm Ericsson, continued to voice their support for the original bill.
7. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4655955.stm Regarding the EU software patents directive: "Big technology firms, such as Philips, Nokia, Microsoft, Siemens, and telecoms firm Ericsson, continued to voice their support for the original bill.
8. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4655955.stm Regarding the EU software patents directive: "Big technology firms, such as Philips, Nokia, Microsoft, Siemens, and telecoms firm Ericsson, continued to voice their support for the original bill.