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  NoSoftwarePatents.com http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com
Campaign website against software patents in the EU. (Different languages)
  Protecting Information Innovation against the Abuse of the Patent System http://swpat.ffii.org/
A documentation of software patents focusing on Europe, patent data, article reviews, and news.
  Boycott Amazon! - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html
The biggest software organization in the world calls for a boycott of Amazon for its predatory, monopolistic attempts to control basic web ideas.
  End Software Patents http://endsoftpatents.org/
A project working towards the elimination of software patents by assisting corporations that choose to challenge such patents in the courts, and by public education aimed at promoting a legislative solution. News, resources, and ways to help.
  Internet Patent News http://www.bustpatents.com/
Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce
  The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents http://gibuskro.lautre.net/patents/
Slideshow presentation exploring the implications of and criticizing software patents.
  Software Patents Mailing List http://www.aful.org/wws/info/patents
Mailing list discussions about the economic consequences of patents in the software industry.
  Slashdot - Patents http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=155
Featuring patent news, links and discussion.
  A Worldwide Fight Against Biopiracy and Patents on Life http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/pat-ch.htm
Farmers and indigenous peoples are outraged that plants that they developed are being 'hijacked' by companies. Groups as diverse as religious leaders, parliamentarians and environment NGOs are intensifying their campaign against corporate patenting of living things.
  European Anti-Software Patent Bribe Pledge Drive http://mjr.iki.fi/texts/patentfund
Promotes the idea of bribes to fight software patents.
  Against Patenting Lifeforms http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1995_11/msg00067.html
A spiritual argument against the patenting of life forms by biotech companies
  Vienna University - Intellectual Property Rights for the Rich and the Poor? http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h99a/h9950236/iprs/index.htm
Summarizes and discusses the impact of the introduction of IPRs protection on developing and least developed countries in accordance with the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement.
  AMNews: Unlocking innovation - Patents on procedures hurt patients http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/1998/amn_98/edit0209.htm
The American Medical Association opposes patents on medical procedures. Here is one of their articles on the issue.
  Fortune Magazine Legal Pad: Ending software patents: Has the time come? http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/02/28/ending-software-patents-has-the-time-come/
Roger Parloff provides an overview of current issues surrounding the patentability of software implementations.

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