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Originally posted by Nom de Guerre
here's an idea:
why not attack the eu patents first ? it would be invalidated easy, i think..
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I am on a mailing list for news about the fight to stop software patents in EU.
There are many websites and organizations fighting it at:
http://swpat.ffii.org/#news
http://patents.caliu.info/
I list some additional links at:
http://www.fighthepatent.com/v2/News.html
It's tough to get involved from the US side, because it means lobbying Congress to tell the USPTO to stop putting pressure on EU Patent Office... this is a long term battle, much like Patent Reform...that requires ALOT of money for lobbying, an alot of insider connections... this is where this effort is well beyond me.
I am looking to attack the problems from both the short term prespectives of helping defendants to defend against a patent abuse case as well as long term by petitioning to invalidate patents directly with the USPTO.
Efforts like this, when combined with existing organizations that are lobbying for US Patent Reform and groups lobbying for EU patent reform (ie.no software patents), is where people are making a difference at different levels, we only differ in how we choose to fight.
Fight the Patent!