zoobab writes "Veteran European anti-software patent campaigners have launched the World Day against Software Patents. They say, "The issue of software patents is a global one, and several governments and patent offices around the world continue to grant... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Wed, Sep 24 2008
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The Death of Nearly All Software Patents? » slashdot An anonymous reader writes "The Patent and Trademark Office has now made clear that its newly developed position on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps most software patents, including pioneering patent claims to such innovators as... |
| 29 Oct 08 |
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EPO to give definitive ruling on software patents » the register (uk) An end to all the fuss? The European Patent Office (EPO) has asked its ultimate legal authority to look at the European Patent Convention (EPC) and issue advice on the patentability of software. The EPO said that such advice was necessary to ensure the... |
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Patent reform coalition aims to abolish software patents » digg A coalition of patent reform advocacy groups has launched a new project that aims to challenge the legality of software patents. |
| 29 Feb 08 |
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Ending software patents: Has the time come? » digg Attempting to ride a wave of corporate and judicial disenchantment with aspects of the current patent system, a new project was unveiled Thursday designed to, as its name bluntly indicates, End Software Patents. |
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Time To Abolish Software Patents? » slashdot gnujoshua writes "Has the time come to abolish software patents? Fortune columnist Roger Parloff reports on a new campaign called End Software Patents, which he views as 'attempting to ride a wave of corporate and judicial disenchantment with aspects of... |
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