UKIP Bashes Software Patents
News The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has slammed those pushing for software patents in the European Union. Two days before the UK's general election, UKIP also attacked rival political parties for failing to understand the software patent issue, and...
[May 3, 2005, 17:00]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback > is delighted that the neo-Fascist UKIP UKIP is against the broken and corrupt EU system, not Europe. Happily for us, UKIP don't vote in the European There are 12 UKIP MEPs who work within a block of like minded EUsceptics in the Parliament to try...
[May 5, 2005, 11:12]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback The Campaign for Creativity, which striongly SUPPORTS the patentability of Computer Implemented inventions, is delighted that the neo-Fascist UKIP are opposing the CII Directive. Happily for us, UKIP don't vote in the European Parliament anyway so...
[May 3, 2005, 21:54]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback I would vote for them, if i were English.
[May 4, 2005, 11:44]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback The only "Neo-Fascist" in this case is Simon Gentry. Simon Gentry is a well-known PAID political LOBBYIST! He is the personal ENEMY of European freedom-lovers, programmers and IT workers in general. YES, I SAID PERSONAL ENEMY!
[May 3, 2005, 23:26]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback The Software Patent thingy should be dropped all together because even if a small fragment of it survives the payed for lobbiest and clueless politicians will, over time, turn it into the monster it currently is.
[May 3, 2005, 21:20]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback Glad to hear some politicians haven't swallowed the contra-factual drivel and mind-bogglingly fallacious reasoning coming from the likes of EICTA, the EPO and the UKPO. When Nokia's IPR department can explain exactly why innovation and progress in...
[May 3, 2005, 20:31]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback The LibDems may have a policy opposing software patents, but in practice their voting record has been less than clear. Don't forget that many of those pushing the version of the Directive that would effectively open the floodgates to patenting of...
[May 3, 2005, 19:39]
UKIP Bashes Software Patents
Talkback The liberal democrats have a policy making it clear they are against Software Patents including the Council Text. Unfortunately their MEP's are closely tied to Patent Lawers and the pro-software patent lobby.
[May 3, 2005, 19:24]
Survey: European Patents Have Quality Problems
Talkback So there is a point in voting, and UKIP in fact seems to be a very good choice, although for slightly different reasons. The European Parliament actually has the power to block the directive and to propose amendments, and they have done a pretty...
[June 10, 2004, 15:55]
Survey: European Patents Have Quality Problems
Talkback Despite never having heard of them its UKIP for me. European Election - Why vote? This fiasco over software patents shows that despite knowing they cannot do a proper job the Commision are railroading the directive through and as we have seen the...
[June 9, 2004, 11:46]
Patent Nonsense: The Case For Unfettered Development
News All three parties have been broadly in favour of software patents going by their voting record leaving the Greens, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and UKIP to staunchly oppose them in the UK. But understanding the directive, the legislative processes involved...
[February 18, 2005, 15:45]
Spam Gets Political
News BlackSpider's Cheney warned it is a sign of things to come and a future general election in the UK will likely give rise to a wealth of Labour, Liberal, UKIP and Conservative themed spam emails. Reading like a beautiful dream for anti-Bush...
[October 8, 2004, 17:10]
