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A spiritual argument against the patenting of life forms by biotech companies
www.hindunet.org
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 living things.
www.twnside.org.sg
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.
www.gnu.org
Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce
www.bustpatents.com
Protecting Information Innovation against the Abuse of the Patent System
A documentation of software patents focusing on Europe, patent data, article reviews, and news.
swpat.ffii.org
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
petition.eurolinux.org
Featuring patent news, links and discussion.
slashdot.org
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.caliu.info
The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents
Slideshow presentation exploring the implications of and criticizing software patents.
gibuskro.lautre.net
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.
www.wu-wien.ac.at
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.
www.ama-assn.org
Illustrates the main reasons why EU should deny software patentability. Counter-arguments, reports and other informative texts.
wiki.ael.be
Mailing list discussions about the economic consequences of patents in the software industry.
www.aful.org
Campaign website against software patents in the EU. (Different languages)
www.nosoftwarepatents.com
European Anti-Software Patent Bribe Pledge Drive
Promotes the idea of bribes to fight software patents.
mjr.iki.fi