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Parliamentary Evening Berlin 2004-03-10

The patent policy makers of the federal government continue making efforts to keep their absolute rule over legislation in the domain of patent law and to use it for the benefit of the patent lawyers guild. If the federal ministry of justice does not receive public written guidelines from higher authority, it will continue to work towards unlimited patentability from within back rooms in Brussels while at the same time producing appeasing but empty phrases as information about its policies. The FFII invites to an event on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, in Berlin, in order to look for ways to work out those guidelines.

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The European Parliament has turned the tables: A planned directive for the legalization of 30,000 illegally granted software patents has turned into a directive that unambiguously affirms the voidness of these patents. Whereas in April 2003 the Council of the EU argued for the "protection of patents" in the software domain, in September 2003 the European Parliament has decided for a protection of software developers from patents. While the german federal government agitated for program claims in the Council and took a leading role in their implementation, the European Parliament has voted with a 90-percent majority against program claims. The parliament thereby resisted various attempts of deceit and intimidation. However, now the ball is back in the court of the Council. The patent policy makers of the federal government continue making efforts to keep their absolute rule over legislation in the domain of patent law and to use it for the benefit of the patent lawyers guild. If the federal ministry of justice does not receive public written guidelines from higher authority, it will continue to work towards unlimited patentability from within back rooms in Brussels while at the same time producing appeasing but empty phrases as information about its policies. The FFII invites members of parliament and ministry officers to an event on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, in Berlin, in order to look for ways to work out those guidelines.

The parliamentary evening takes place at March 10, 2004, 7:00pm in the palais of the German Parliamentary Society, Friedrich-Ebert-Platz 2, 10117 Berlin.

About 30-40 persons are expected to attend, including 10-20 politicians.

This event is organised under the auspices/patronage of MP Ulrich Kelber.

This parliamentary evening is a follow-up event to a parliamentary evening of January 28, 2004.

Registration is done by the participation system. Only registered persons are admitted. Some tickets will be sold for 80 EUR.

Please direct further questions to the project management: user SwpBund0401-help on machine ffii org .

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Parliamentary Evening Berlin 2004-01-28

The patent policy makers of the federal government continue making efforts to keep their absolute rule over legislation in the domain of patent law and to use it for the benefit of the patent lawyers guild. If the federal ministry of justice does not receive public written guidelines from higher authority, it will continue to work towards unlimited patentability from within back rooms in Brussels while at the same time producing appeasing but empty phrases as information about its policies. The FFII invites to an event on Wednesday, January 28, 2004, in Berlin, in order to look for ways to work out those guidelines.

Calls for Action

Make sure that calls for action are supported by key actors.

Europarl 2003-09-24: Amended Software Patent Directive

Consolidated version of the amended directive "on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions" for which the European Parliament voted on 2003-09-24.

Antwortbrief der Justizministerin (p. 1 and p. 2)

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