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The European Union (EU) is a legal entity which represents 27 countries from Europe. All members of the EU are also signatories of the European Patent Convention.
For current possible problems, see Current events.
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Member states
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
Possible initiatives leading to software patents
Related pages on en.swpat.org
- United Patent Litigation System (which replaced the European Patent Litigation Agreement)
- EU software patents directive
- European Patent Office
- Current events
- European Commission
External links
- FFII - Europe's primary anti-swpat organisation
- FSFE's software patent pages
- news about the proposed centralised European patent court
- Diagram of the "codecision" legislative process, and a textual explanation
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