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* [http://eupat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/prop/ February 2002 anti-swpat amendments suggestions]
 
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* [http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/europarl0309/amends05/komprom0506.en.pdf June 2005 anti-swpat amendments suggestions]
  
 
==List of letters written to MEPs==
 
==List of letters written to MEPs==
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* http://www.timj.co.uk/digiculture/patents/timeline.php
 
* http://www.timj.co.uk/digiculture/patents/timeline.php
  
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==Who was involved==
* [[EU 2005 proposed amendments]] - by the coalition against software patents
 
* [[Consultation Paper on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions]], 2000
 
 
 
 
===Organisations active ''against'' software patents===
 
===Organisations active ''against'' software patents===
* [[FFII]] - the main campaign against software patents
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* [[FFII]] - the main campaign against software patents, to whom Europe owes a lot of thanks
 
* [[FSFE]]
 
* [[FSFE]]
 
* [[Red Hat]]
 
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* [[SAP]]
 
* [[SAP]]
 
* [[Philips]]
 
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* [[EU 2005 proposed amendments]] - by the coalition against software patents
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* [[Consultation Paper on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions]], 2000
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 02:37, 8 January 2010

The EU software patents directive was a proposal by the European Commission to allow the patenting of software ideas in the European Union. The proposal was the subject of intense public debate and lobbying and was eventually rejected by the European Parliament in 2005 by a massive majority.

The proposal

The European Patent Office (EPO) had already been granting software patents, despite "programs for computers" being excluded from patentability in the European Patent Convention. The European Commission's proposed legislation would have replaced the European Patent Convention with a directive which copied EPO practice. The European Commission and pro-software-patent lobby groups claimed that this was simple "harmonisation".

Timeline

Amendments

List of letters written to MEPs

(This list will be very long when completed, so will probably be split off into its own page.)

Who was involved

Organisations active against software patents

Organisations active for software patents

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links