software patent directive
Legal Eye: Do we need GPLv3?
Comment For instance, legislation prohibiting free software such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Copyright Directive make it a crime to write or share software that can... [15 Oct 2008]
Legal Eye: High Court's patent sense
Comment Software patents are a controversial field - as anyone who witnessed the ferocious opposition to the European Software Directive a couple of years ago will testify. But initial coverage... [13 Feb 2008]
EC excludes software from patent law
News This statement appears to contradict what the EC said last year - that the EPO would continue to grant software patents that make a technical contribution, despite the European parliament's decision to reject the... [25 May 2006]
Munich's Linux migration was held up by PR stunt
News In his book, No Lobbyists As Such, which was published on Tuesday, Mueller tells the story of how anti-patent campaigners successfully fought against the software patent... [30 Mar 2006]
Patent system 'is stunting invention'
News Last year, the European Commission came close to approving a directive that would have made pure software applications patentable across Europe. Although the directive was eventually... [03 Mar 2006]
Intellectual property laws set for UK scrutiny
News European politicians are now considering another directive which would make violating IP a criminal offence, rather than merely a civil one. The proposed directive, which was adopted by the European... [05 Dec 2005]
EU attempting to legalise patents 'by the back door'
News Florian Mueller, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters and the founder of nosoftwarepatents.com, warned on Thursday that if the Community Patent law follows the current practice in the European... [07 Oct 2005]
Florian Mueller
AS Profile The EU software patent directive was voted down earlier this year but the issue is far from resolved. Florian Mueller debuts on the Agenda Setters list for his role as an... [23 Sep 2005]
Linux founder defends trademark action
News Florian Mueller, who campaigned against the EU software patents directive and was recently hailed as one of the most important people in intellectual property, said on Monday trademarks and copyright are... [22 Aug 2005]
'Relax immigration stance for industry's sake'
News Lynch also told the audience that he was pleased the European software patent directive had been rejected, dismissing it as "a very bad idea". Lynch, whose company makes... [12 Jul 2005]
Europe spurns patent directive by huge majority
News A spokesman for the European parliament said 648 MEPs out of a total of 729 voted to reject the directive, which critics feared would widen the extent to which software could be patented. While many... [06 Jul 2005]
Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy
News European politicians representing parties including the UK's Liberal Democrats have been accused of acting against party policy in a recent vote over the software patent directive.... [24 Jun 2005]
Software patent loopholes have grown, say campaigners
News A key vote on the directive on the software patent directive has not only left loopholes in the legislation intact but may have even widened them, say campaigners. They... [22 Jun 2005]
Open source is open to exploit, says EC tech chief
News A member of the audience pointed out that the European Commission was partly responsible for pushing through the software patent directive, which many believe will damage open source.... [01 Jun 2005]
Software patent directive too lax, says UKPO
News Workshops held by the UK Patent Office (UKPO) around the country have found that the definition of technical contribution in the software patent directive would let... [31 May 2005]
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