European Union

Europe is different to the European Union which is different to the set of countries which are signatories of the European Patent Convention. However, the problems facing one of these is usually also facing, or potentially facing the others, so for simplicity and to reduce duplication, this page will deal with all three.

For current possible problems, see Current events.

Possible initiatives leading to software patents

• United Patent Litigation System
• EPO EBA referral G3-08

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• European Patent Litigation Agreement
• European Patent Office
• Current events
• EU software patents directive
• European Commission

Europe

• The European Patent Convention
• FSFE's software patent pages
• FFII - Europe's primary anti-swpat organisation
• news about the proposed centralised European patent court

European Union

• Diagram of the "codecision" legislative process, and a textual explanation