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'''Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure''' ('''FFII''') was the most influential group in the [[EU software patents directive]] from 1999 until the directive's rejection in 2005.  After the rejection of this directive, FFII continued to act as a watchdog and to de-construct the patent policy of the EU institutions such as the various proposals for a [[Unified European patent jurisdiction overview|unified European patent jurisdiction]] ([[EPLA]], [[UPLS]], etc.).
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'''Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure''' ('''FFII''') was the most influential group in the [[EU software patents directive]] from 1999 until the directive's rejection in 2005.  Software patent activism in Europe greatly decreased after 2005 but FFII maintained certain activities including the [[EU unitary patent and Unified Patent Court]].
  
 
'''ESOMA''' is a daughter organisation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esoma.org/esoma:support|title=ESOMA: Declaration of support |quote=We support Esoma and its parent organisation, the FFII.}}</ref> of FFII.
 
'''ESOMA''' is a daughter organisation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esoma.org/esoma:support|title=ESOMA: Declaration of support |quote=We support Esoma and its parent organisation, the FFII.}}</ref> of FFII.

Revision as of 16:37, 2 April 2015

Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) was the most influential group in the EU software patents directive from 1999 until the directive's rejection in 2005. Software patent activism in Europe greatly decreased after 2005 but FFII maintained certain activities including the EU unitary patent and Unified Patent Court.

ESOMA is a daughter organisation[1] of FFII.

FFII popularised The Patented Webshop.

FFII requested and are working on the re-examination of Amazon's gift ordering patent by the European Patent Office.Can you help? This needs a date. Is it still ongoing?


Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

Can you help? There is useful information about software patents on the following sites, but we need help to find the key pages:


General links by or about FFII

References

  1. ↑ "ESOMA: Declaration of support". http://www.esoma.org/esoma:support. "We support Esoma and its parent organisation, the FFII." 
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