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EU patent decision postponed
News Florian Mueller, the founder of an anti-patent Web site, said the EU Council could still adopt the proposal, but the delay may be a sign of mounting political pressure to prevent the law on software patenting being relaxed, particularly as the EU...
[December 8, 2004, 11:25]
Bono and anti-patent campaigner go head-to-head
News Florian Mueller, one of the leading campaigners against the European software patent directive, was elevated to the lofty heights inhabited by the frontmen of U2 and the Boom town Rats on Thursday after being nominated for two prestigious European...
[September 23, 2005, 17:10]
Anti-patent campaigner hangs up his gloves
News But Florian Mueller, the founder of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said on Wednesday that he has made a personal decision to return to his original job as a software developer. For almost a year, I have been spending virtually all of my working time on the...
[March 30, 2005, 14:30]
Munich Linux migration delayed by 'PR stunt'
News Software patent campaigner Florian Mueller revealed this week that the City of Munich's decision to stall its Linux migration, was the result of a PR stunt by anti-patent campaigners. In the book, No Lobbyists As Such, published on Tuesday...
[March 29, 2006, 11:05]
Software patent directive adopted
News According to Florian Mueller, an anti-patent campaigner who watched the public part of the meeting, a minister from Luxembourg said the directive is being adopted to ensure that the Council adheres to its processes and to avoid creating problems...
[March 7, 2005, 9:45]
Anti-patent campaigner hailed as IP hero
News Florian Mueller, the founder of an anti-patent Web site, in its annual list of the 50 most powerful people involved in intellectual property. Mueller campaigned against the software patent directive for many months, until March this year, when he...
[July 20, 2005, 17:30]
Opera and MySQL battle against software patents
News Opera, MySQL, 1&1 Internet, CAS Software, CSB-System, GMX, and Materna are being aided in their effort by campaigner Florian Mueller, founder of an anti-patent Web site, who has agreed to return to the fray after giving up his battle against the...
[June 28, 2005, 16:30]
Last-gasp attempt to block patent directive
News This means the text of the directive could be renegotiated, according to Florian Mueller, an anti-patent campaigner. We have to see what happens on Monday," said Mueller. Everyone has said 'We don’t to be the only ones who spoil the party'," said...
[March 4, 2005, 17:35]
EU-wide patents 'move closer'
News But Florian Mueller, the founder of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said on Wednesday that he is no longer too worried about the Community Patent legislation, as it "doesn't have much political backing right now".
[May 5, 2006, 12:10]
Open source patent library launched
News But Florian Mueller, a vocal opponent of software patents who was recently voted one of the most powerful people in intellectual property, said the initiative is unlikely to offer much protection to open source developers, as the main way to...
[August 10, 2005, 12:25]
EC slipping software patents 'through backdoor'
Talkback Florian Mueller cries "wolf" and ZDnet print the story. Lazy journalism. The Community Patent proposal is pretty much dead right now, despite a throwaway reference in an EC document. The Commission has had the goal of bringing a Community Patent...
[October 8, 2005, 17:08]
Costs, culture or communism? Why governments choose open source
News The political leaning of the outgoing left-leaning German government has also been an important factor, but support for open source could wane in the newly elected government, according Florian Mueller, a software developer and political campaigner.
[November 8, 2005, 13:25]
No Lobbyists As Such review
Reviews Although many of the campaigners were volunteers, Florian Mueller, the founder of the NoSoftwarePatents Web site, was one of the few who was able to fund his full-time campaigning efforts through the support of open source companies MySQL and Red...
[March 29, 2006, 9:15]
Software patents campaigners honoured
News Florian Mueller of NoSoftwarePatents.com and Rufus Pollock of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) received their awards in front of an audience of IT professionals from across the industry at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
[September 28, 2005, 13:05]
IBM accused of hypocrisy over patent collaboration
News However, Florian Mueller, the campaign manager of an anti-patent Web site, has accused IBM of hypocrisy as it is also lobbying the EU to push through the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive , which many believe would allow software patenting...
[January 11, 2005, 16:05]
European Parliament blocks patent liberalisation
News Florian Mueller, the founder of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said the proposal would have resulted in more litigation and more software patents. Both Mueller and the FFII had called on MEPs to vote against the proposal.
[March 16, 2006, 9:35]
Patent for help function sparks legal fight
News Florian Mueller, the campaign manager of an anti-patent Web site, said on Monday that this is a sign of the damage that Europe's Computer Implemented Inventions Directive could cause to companies. I'm devastated to read that the survival of...
[February 7, 2005, 16:35]
Politicians demand fresh start for patent directive
News Florian Mueller, the campaign manager of NoSoftwarePatents.com, said the motion has been given to the Tabling Office of the European Parliament (EP), through which all documents must passed before being discussed by MEPs in the EP.
[January 10, 2005, 11:50]
Commission refuses to rewrite patent directive
News Florian Mueller, who runs an anti-patent Web site, condemned the EC's decision, accusing those responsible of "negating democracy". Now we call on the EU Council to demonstrate a more democratic attitude and to reopen negotiations of its Common...
[February 28, 2005, 15:45]
EC slipping software patents 'through backdoor'
News Florian Mueller, the founder of nosoftwarepatents.com, warned that if the Community Patent law follows the current practice in the European Patent Office (EPO), which continues to grant software patents despite the European Parliament's decision...
[October 6, 2005, 17:40]
