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EC slipping software patents 'through backdoor'

...it has developed for the European patent." Florian Mueller, the founder of nosoftwarepatents.com, warned that if the Community Patent law follows the current practice... Read more

6 October, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Software patents campaigners honoured

...Software Development at the CNET Networks UK Technology Awards. Florian Mueller of NoSoftwarePatents.com and Rufus Pollock of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure... Read more

28 September, 2005 by Colin Barker and Ingrid Marson

Anti-patent campaigner hangs up his gloves

...for a second reading next month. But Florian Mueller, the founder of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said on Wednesday that he has made a personal decision to... Read more

30 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EU-wide patents 'move closer'

...the software patent directive last year. But Florian Mueller, the founder of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said on Wednesday that he is no longer too worried about... Read more

5 May, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

European Parliament blocks patent liberalisation

...been enforceable in all EU member states. Florian Mueller, the founder of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said the proposal would have resulted in more litigation and more... Read more

16 March, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

SMEs feeling excluded from EC patent consultation

Smaller tech companies claim they are being shut out of a process that could lead to the EU-wide introduction of software patents Read more

9 March, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Lobbyists prepare for next software patent battle

...Microsoft and the Association for Competitive Technology. Florian Mueller, the founder of Nosoftwarepatents.com and a key campaigner against last year's directive, said the... Read more

23 January, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Bono and anti-patent campaigner go head-to-head

...be announced at a ceremony in London next week. Mueller, who founded nosoftwarepatents.com, has been nominated for both the EU Campaigner of the Year... Read more

23 September, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

FFII: Site complexity hindered legal fix

...domain could take a few days. It advised visitors to go to nosoftwarepatents.com instead Read more

3 August, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

FFII Web site taken down

...could take "up to 3 days". It advised visitors to go to nosoftwarepatents.com instead. This is not the only such case that Nutzwerk is... Read more

2 August, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EC: We'd accept software patent defeat

...at the end of the process," said Florian Mueller, head of the NoSoftwarePatents.com campaign. Critics, including prominent open source leaders, say the directive would... Read more

9 March, 2005 by Matthew Broersma

Politicians demand fresh start for patent directive

...by 61 MEPs from 13 countries, according to anti-patent Web site NoSoftwarePatents.com. The signatories include a former Polish prime minister, a former European... Read more

10 January, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Poles push patents off EU agenda

...new Luxembourgian EU presidency next year," said Florian Mueller, campaign manager of NoSoftwarePatents.com. James Heald of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII... Read more

21 December, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

MySQL CEO: "We're as greedy as anyone else"

Marten Mickos on Oracle, software patents and making money with open source - and why his company is the Ikea of the database world... Read more

22 November, 2004 by Sylvia Carr

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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