Wilbert
28th August 2003, 19:50
On September 1st, the plenary of the European Parliament will decide about a law proposal which would establish software patents in Europe. A group of economists from Europe and US specialising in patent questions have published a letter to members of the European Parliament calling them to reject the proposal, accompanied by an analytical paper which casts severe doubts on the reasoning behind the directive and on the methods employed by its proponents.
Some more info can be found here: http://swpat.ffii.org/index.en.html.
You can help by signing the appeal, which can be found at: http://swpat.ffii.org/papri/eubsa-swpat0202/cpedu/index.en.html. The corresponding registry form can also be found on that side. If you want to do more, the side explains how to share your concerns with the Members of the European Parlement.
Some more info can be found here: http://swpat.ffii.org/index.en.html.
You can help by signing the appeal, which can be found at: http://swpat.ffii.org/papri/eubsa-swpat0202/cpedu/index.en.html. The corresponding registry form can also be found on that side. If you want to do more, the side explains how to share your concerns with the Members of the European Parlement.