Patents (Intellectual Property)

Patents Sites:

Patents for Surgical/Medical Procedures: A Call for Legislative Prohibition Patents for Surgical/Medical Procedures: A Call for Legislative Prohibition: An executive summary of the position of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Opthalmic Administrators against patents for surgical and medical procedures. (Patents) http://www.ascrs.org/advocacy/execsum.html Vienna University - Intellectual Property Rights for the Rich and the Poor? Vienna University - Intellectual Property Rights for the Rich and the Poor?: Summarizes and discusses the impact of the introduction of IPRs protection on developing and least developed countries in accordance with the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. (Patents) http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h99a/h9950236/iprs/index.htm Adobe Testimony Adobe Testimony: Transcript of the testimony by Douglas Brotz, an Adobe Principal Scientist, wherein Adobe officially establishes its opposition to software patents. (Patents) http://www.base.com/software-patents/statements/adobe.testimony.html Top Reasons Why No Epatents Top Reasons Why No Epatents: Illustrates the main reasons why EU should deny software patentability. Counter-arguments, reports and other informative texts. (Patents) http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/TopReasonsWhyNoEpatents Software Patents Mailing List Software Patents Mailing List: Mailing list discussions about the economic consequences of patents in the software industry. (Patents) http://liberte.aful.org/mailman/listinfo/patents Negative Correlation of Innovation and Software Patents Negative Correlation of Innovation and Software Patents: This is part of the League for Programming Freedom's submission to the Patent Office, January 25, 1994. It shows evidence that patents hurt even the companies which get them. (Patents) http://www.base.com/software-patents/scoreboard.html Catalan Linux Users - Analysis of the Directive for Software Patents Catalan Linux Users - Analysis of the Directive for Software Patents: Analysis of the report to the European Parliament on the directive for software patents. (Patents) http://patents.caliu.info/dgiv.html Mitch Kapor's Congressional Testimony Mitch Kapor's Congressional Testimony: Mitch Kapor is the founder of Lotus. This is his testimony to Congress OPPOSING software patents, saying they are harmful. (Patents) http://www.base.com/software-patents/kapor.html Autodesk Statement Autodesk Statement: Autodesk, the makers of a very popular animation program, have issued this statement against software patents. (Patents) http://www.base.com/software-patents/statements/autodesk.html Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe: A short petition text which was signed by more than 50000 people in Europe during the first few months of its existence and which rallied support statements from 200 IT companies and 1000 programmers (Patents) http://petition.eurolinux.org Protecting Information Innovation against the Abuse of the Patent System Protecting Information Innovation against the Abuse of the Patent System: A documentation of software patents focusing on Europe, patent data, article reviews, and news. (Patents) http://swpat.ffii.org/ Scientific American - A License for Copycats? Scientific American - A License for Copycats?: Article by Gary Stix discussing a court decision that might clarify what is patentable. (Patents) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000945BB-E3EC-1C6F-84A9809EC588EF21 A Worldwide Fight Against Biopiracy and Patents on Life A Worldwide Fight Against Biopiracy and Patents on Life: Farmers and indigenous peoples are outraged that plants that they developed are being 'hijacked' by companies. Groups as diverse as religious leaders, parliamentarians and environment NGOs are intensifying their campaign against corporate patenting of liv (Patents) http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/pat-ch.htm Protecting Innovation Against Patent Inflation Protecting Innovation Against Patent Inflation: The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) features legal information, news and selected online resources against software patentability. (Patents) http://www.ffii.org.uk/swpat.html FFII - European Software Patent Horror Gallery FFII - European Software Patent Horror Gallery: Tabular listings and statistics of monopolies on programming problems, granted by the European Patent Office against the letter and spirit of the existing laws. (Patents) http://swpat.ffii.org/vreji/pikta The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents: Slideshow presentation exploring the implications of and criticizing software patents. (Patents) http://gibuskro.lautre.net/patents/ Preparing for the Intellectual-Property Offensive Preparing for the Intellectual-Property Offensive: In the interest of ensuring that free software developers having access to patented technology, Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens suggests a number of tactics and strategies to consider. (Patents) http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1998-11/lw-11-thesource.html Internet Patent News Internet Patent News: Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce (Patents) http://www.bustpatents.com/ GreenPeace Opposition to European Life Patents GreenPeace Opposition to European Life Patents: Press release highlighting opposition to specific patents and refutation of patent claims. (Patents) http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/97/geneng/press/july14.html Slashdot - Patents Slashdot - Patents: Featuring patent news, links and discussion. (Patents) http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=155 AMNews: Unlocking innovation - Patents on procedures hurt patients AMNews: Unlocking innovation - Patents on procedures hurt patients: The American Medical Association opposes patents on medical procedures. Here is one of their articles on the issue. (Patents) http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/1998/amn_98/edit0209.htm Oracle Corporation - Patent Policy Oracle Corporation - Patent Policy: This is a press release by Oracle, the database giant, AGAINST the copyrighting of software. (Patents) http://www.base.com/software-patents/statements/oracle.html PanIP Defendants PanIP Defendants: Legal defense group opposing efforts by Pangea Intellectual Properties (PanIP) to sue e-commerce sites. (Patents) http://www.youmaybenext.com/ Against Patenting Lifeforms Against Patenting Lifeforms: A spiritual argument against the patenting of life forms by biotech companies (Patents) http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1995_11/msg00067.html Boycott Amazon! - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) Boycott Amazon! - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF): The biggest software organization in the world calls for a boycott of Amazon for its predatory, monopolistic attempts to control basic web ideas. (Patents) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html