Patents (Society/Issues/Intellectual_Property/Patents)
up PatentsEntriesNoSoftwarePatents.com http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ Campaign website against software patents in the EU. (Different languages) End Software Patents http://endsoftpatents.org/ A project working towards the elimination of software patents by assisting corporations that choose to challenge such patents in the courts, and by public education aimed at promoting a legislative solution. News, resources, and ways to help. Internet Patent News http://www.bustpatents.com/ Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce  Boycott Amazon! - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html The biggest software organization in the world calls for a boycott of Amazon for its predatory, monopolistic attempts to control basic web ideas. The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents http://gibuskro.lautre.net/patents/ Slideshow presentation exploring the implications of and criticizing software patents. Fortune Magazine Legal Pad: Ending software patents: Has the time come? http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/02/28/ending-software-patents-has-the-time-come/ Roger Parloff provides an overview of current issues surrounding the patentability of software implementations. Slashdot - Patents http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=155 Featuring patent news, links and discussion. AMNews: Unlocking innovation - Patents on procedures hurt patients http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/1998/amn_98/edit0209.htm The American Medical Association opposes patents on medical procedures. Here is one of their articles on the issue. Vienna University - Intellectual Property Rights for the Rich and the Poor? http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h99a/h9950236/iprs/index.htm 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. Against Patenting Lifeforms http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1995_11/msg00067.html A spiritual argument against the patenting of life forms by biotech companies European Anti-Software Patent Bribe Pledge Drive http://mjr.iki.fi/texts/patentfund Promotes the idea of bribes to fight software patents. A Worldwide Fight Against Biopiracy and Patents on Life http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/pat-ch.htm 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 living things. Protecting Information Innovation against the Abuse of the Patent System http://swpat.ffii.org/ A documentation of software patents focusing on Europe, patent data, article reviews, and news. Software Patents Mailing List http://www.aful.org/wws/info/patents Mailing list discussions about the economic consequences of patents in the software industry. Related categoriesCatalan Llocs web sobre patents. Amazon.com Includes criticisms of Amazon.com over its use of patents granted for obvious Web techniques. A Invention and Innovation Web sites about invention or innovation in the broad area of technology. Open Standards Initiatives, organizations and campaigns for the promotion of open standards and against the Patenting Own Genes Donna McLean of Bristol, Great Briton, reportedly became the first person to try and patent her own genes. Patents Information on the subject of patent law. Neigbour categoriesCopyrights Pages or organizations which debating various issues surrounding copyrights, such as length of coverage or whether the Digital Rights Management Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a type of intellectual property control employed by many Free Access Theory This category contains references about several kinds of initiatives whose aim is to free access to peer reviewed scientific papers, namely, "that body of work for which the author does not and never Genetic Resources The subset of Genetic Resources covers two broad areas of concern about intellectual property: aspects which impact on knowledge about the medical uses of genetic resources and those that impact on Music Freedom Groups or pages defending the unrestricted distribution of music/songs, instead of a few large corporations having monopoly grants on them. They usually believe that artists are actually Organizations Piracy Trusted Computing Trusted Computing (commonly abbreviated TC) is a technology developed and promoted by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). The term is taken from the field of trusted systems and has a specialized Napster and MP3 For sites and pages addressing the issue of mp3 sharing. (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks)
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