24 de setembre: día mundial contra les patents

A global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the "World Day Against Software Patents". Five years ago, on 24 September 2003, the European Parliament adopted amendments to limit the scope of patent law and thereby protect small software companies from the harmful effects of broad and trivial software patents. A global petition asking to effectively stop software patents worldwide will be launched on 24 September 2008, together with specific additional requests for certain regions such as Europe, the United States or India. — read more

What to do now?

1. Please sign or comment on our Draft Petition
2. Spread the word in your blogs, mailing-lists, news and social sites
3. Put a banner and help to improve banners on your website
4. Become active in the forums
5. Organise an event in front of your patent office

Agenda

• 02 Sep: Press release: 24 September is World Day Against Software Patents
• 03 Sep: Draft Petition: Request for Public Comments
• 22 Sep: Final Petition
• 24 Sep: World Day Against Software Patents
• 06 Dec: Eupaco4: European Patent Conference 4th edition (Brussels, Belgium)

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