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News The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), which has doggedly campaigned against software patents in Europe, was confused at the EC's change of tune. Pieter Hintjens, the president of the... [25 May 2006]
Too many trivial patents granted in UK?
News The FFII, an intellectual property campaign group, provides information on a number of European Patent Office software patents that it considers trivial, including a patent for a progress bar and a menu tab. [08 Feb 2006]
Finalists for CNET Tech Awards get the nod
News NoSoftwarePatents.com & The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) This year the awards - handed out on the evening of 27 September - will recognise organisations in distinct vertical markets including... [04 Aug 2005]
Europe spurns patent directive by huge majority
News The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) described this decision as a "great victory for those who have campaigned to ensure that European innovation and competitiveness is protected from... [06 Jul 2005]
Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy
News Hartmut Pilch, the president of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the Liberal Democrats have behaved in a "schizophrenic" manner over the patent directive. [24 Jun 2005]
Software patent loopholes have grown, say campaigners
News The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), a group campaigning against software patents, said the only amendments to the directive that were passed have symbolic value only: for instance, replacing the... [22 Jun 2005]
Software patent directive officially approved
News The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) accused the EU Council of ignoring the views of both the national parliament that spoke out against the directive and the European Parliament, which demanded... [07 Mar 2005]
Europeans protest against software patents
News The demonstration was planned by European pressure group the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) to protest against the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID), which they fear will allow the... [21 Feb 2005]
Patents directive at the crossroads
News Hartmut Pilch, the president of pressure group the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), said on Thursday that he is unsure what will happen next. The European Parliament's request for the software... [18 Feb 2005]
Patent opponents take to the streets
News The protest is being organised by the FFII, a pan-European pressure group that claims to have more than 75,000 supporters. Dieter Van Uytvanck, a spokesman for the FFII, said it hopes the demonstration... [15 Feb 2005]
IBM slammed over patent giveaway
News In particular, Fritz Teufel, the head of IBM's patent department in Germany, has been involved in pushing through the software patent directive, according to Mueller and the FFII, which has a Web page dedicated to Teufel. [11 Jan 2005]
Euro software patents delayed
News Verwilghen also told the parliament that there is a problem because the EU Council no longer has a qualified majority, according to a report by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII). [09 Dec 2004]
'Europe needs [software] patents'
News However, EICTA's position is firmly challenged by some of those who oppose the introduction of software patents, such as The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII). Rufus Pollock, the... [01 Nov 2004]
'Draconian' anti-piracy heads for EU vote
News The FFII is very concerned that, without better defined safeguards, the directive may lead to a far more aggressive, lawyer-driven legal environment for creative businesses," the group said in a statement on Thursday. [20 Feb 2004]
EU software patent vote delayed again
News The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), a lobbying group that helped push the amendments through, said the companies' arguments had already been disproved by economists. The only growth that would be... [01 Dec 2003]
