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FFII | Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure information on software patents, enforcement of IP, trade agreementsThe Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) is a European alliance defending your right to free and competitive software creation since 1999. We are working towards the mitigation of legal risks in software development. We do so by keeping software free from patents and promoting a digital infrastructure based on genuine open standards and […]FFII | Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure information on software patents, enforcement of IP, trade agreements Skip to content Become Member Follow on Twitter Get Involved Donate Now GO Donate Now Go FFII FFII Home Blog Patented Webshop Working Groups Press Donate Now Action Become Member Follow on Twitter Get Involved FFII - Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure information on software patents, enforcement of IP, trade agreements FFII (https://ffii.org/) Home Blog Patented Webshop Working Groups Press Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) is a European alliance defending your right to free and competitive software creation since 1999. We are working towards the mitigation of legal risks in software development. We do so by keeping software free from patents and promoting a digital infrastructure based on genuine open standards and free and open hardware and software. The FFII famously made a difference to prevent a EU software patent directive and continues to shed light on the schemes of the patent system to enter the software sphere and detach itself from democratic and fiscal oversight. One recent example is the Unified Patent Court (UPC). A specialised court which fences patent reforms off. We rely on networking with the European Parliament members and partners from industry and civil society. Its work won the FFII the Outstanding contribution to software development prize by CNET. Status of Software Patents in Europe Now comes round 3. It started in July 2005, when the proponents of software patentability agreed to drop the directive and push for the Unitary Patent instead. FFII summarizes the situation: “In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalise software patents in Europe, the patent establishment changed its strategy. Instead of explicitely seeking to sanction the patentabilitty of software, they are now seeking to create a central Unitary patent court (UPC), which would establish and enforce patentability rules in their favor, without any possibility of correction by competing courts or democratically elected legislators.” Former EPO lobbyist, David Sant, also recognises that the Unitary Patent Court will lead to the validation of software patents: “The acrimonious debate over the proposed directive on computer-implemented inventions might never have arisen if the patent litigation system in Europe had been unified, thereby eliminating the possibility of disparate national rulings on the same patent matter.” Richard Stallman, of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), in Europe’s “unitary patent” could mean unlimited software patents: “The volunteer activists drifted away, thinking the battle won, but the corporate lobbyists for software patents were paid to stay on the job. Now they have contrived another sneaky method: the “unitary patent” system proposed for the EU.” See more quotes here. Patented Webshop The example of the FFII Patented Webshop demonstrates the effect of trivial software patent grants for business freedom in Europe. Website and posters are available in German and English. Amazon Gift Ordering Patent The FFII e.V. used the opportunity to file an opposition proceeding against the gift ordering patent (EP0927945 “Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network”) as an example for an eCommerce patent. Find out more about the FFII vs Amazon case. Interoperability with Open Documents The FFII ensures consumer rights and interoperability by researching and educating the public about EU policies such as the European Interoperability Framework. With the Document Freedom Award we award excellent examples of institutions on the Document Freedom Day. Endorsement of Göttingen Declaration on Copyright in Education and Science The FFII endorses the Göttingen Declaration Aktionsbündnis Urheberrecht für Bildung und Wissenschaft. FFII e.V. also has a working group dealing with the developments in the field of copyright. World Day Against Software Patents 24th September is the annual World Day Against Software Patents to commemorate the struggle against the European Union Software Patent Directive. As every year our teams raise awareness about the impact of patents on the future of software development. Event Participation and Organization Members of the FFII regularly give presentations to educate the public. We participate in events about software patents, open standards, net neutrality, data retention and free informational infrastructures including the OpenTechSummit Europe, the Chaos Communication Congress, the LinuxTag, the Free Culture Forum and the The Knowright conference. At HSF Paris we were present with a talk on the EU Software Patents initiative. During the Evolution Summit the FFII presented a conception of culture that benefits everybody – citizens, creators and entrepreneurs. Also at FOSDEM the FFII board meets with stakeholders in the Free and Open Source community. Please read more about our event activities on our blog. Support the FFII The FFII is funded through individual membership fees as well as through donations from individuals, civil society organizations, and enterprises. Please consider becoming a contributing member and donate to our cause. Your contributions help us to make a difference and allow us to continue our work. News Microsoft trains Unified Patent Court judges to count to 5 with its new AI assistant Brussels, 1st April 2024 -- Microsoft's lead patent attorney William Gates has been elected as part-time judge at the Unified Patent Court. Unified Patent Court has an EU treaty legality problem, said ex-CJEU judge Melchior Wathelet Brussels, 30th March 2024 -- Melchior Wathelet, ex-judge at the European Court of Justice (CJEU), said in a conference two days before the launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) that the construction has a serious legal problem, still depriving National Courts to interpret EU law (art267TFEU). President of the Unified Patent Court rewrites the treaty like a dictator Brussels, 22 May 2023 -- The President of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), Klaus Grabinski, has decided alone to rewrite the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) at this own will, and move London to Paris and Munich due to Brexit. Unified Patent Court will replace its judges and lawyers with AI to make justice finally affordable to SMEs Brussels, 1st April 2023 -- The Unified Patent Court has announced that they will fire all their elected judges and replace them with GPT7, a cheaper sentient artificial intelligence that produce better results than human judges. Nokia and Airbus elected as judges at the Unified Patent Court, an unheard corruption of Justice Brussels, 16th November 2022 -- Nokia and Airbus got their patent lawyers elected as part-time technical judges at the forthcoming Unified Patent Court (UPC). PL Holdings: European Court of Justice confirms EU law cannot be outsourced to international courts like Unified Patent Court Brussels, 17th Feb 2022 -- The European Court of Justice has confirmed that EU law cannot be outsourced to international courts in its "PL Holdings sarl Vs Poland" decision. Unified Patent Court is a fake Common Court and violates CJEU’s jurisprudence of the last 10 years, will explode at launch, says Pr Jaeger The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is a court outside of the design of the European Union, and won't survive a legal challenge at the European Court of Justice (CJEU), says Pr Thomas Jaeger, legal researcher at the University of Vienna, who has analyzed in a paper "Delayed Again? Unified Patent Court Committee refuse access to secret Draft Declaration to bypass National Parliaments, Brexit, and the Vienna Convention Brussels, 9 November 2021 -- The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Preparatory Committee has refused access to secret 'Draft Declaration' in order to bypass National Parliaments, the Brexit requirement, and the Vienna Convention on the Law of the Treaties (VCLT). Unified Patent Court is 100X more expensive and an SME killer, Europe is commiting an economic suicide Brussels, 31 october 2021 -- FFII says the proposed Unified Patent Court is an SME killer with its super-expensive court fees of 20.000EUR. Read more on our blog ... FFII ChaptersFFII France FFII Germany FFII Sweden FFII United Kingdom AboutThe Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure e.V. (FFII) is an organization defending your right to a free and competitive software market since 1999 by working towards genuine open standards, the exclusion of software patents and the development of a digital public infrastructure. The FFII’s contributions enabled the rejection of the EU software patent directive in July 2005, working closely with the European Parliament and many partners from industry and civil society. CNET awarded the FFII the Outstanding contribution to software development prize for this work. 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