Zertificon Solutions says "Save Europe from Software Patents!"
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Zertificon Solutions is strongly concerned about the Software Patents Directive, as approved by the European Council of Ministers. The last chance to stop these patents is the vote in planary at July 6th in Strasbourg. The FFII generated voting recommendations and asks representatives in the European Parliament to follow. Zertificon Solutions supports this appeal and the initiative "Economic Majority Against Software Patents” to protect Europe from the directive. According to Deutsche Bank Research "SMEs are crucial providers of pathbreaking innovations, but would be most adversely affected by patentability”.
More information:
Parliament: Save Europe from Software Patents!
http://noepatents.eu.org
Economic Majority Against Software Patents:
http://www.economic-majority.com
Deutsche Bank Research about Software Patents
http://wiki.ffii.org/DB040622En
About the FFII
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) is a non-profit association registered in several European countries, which is dedicated to the spread of data processing literacy. The FFII supports the development of public information goods based on copyright, free competition and open standards. More than 500 members, 1,400 companies and 85,000 supporters have entrusted the FFII to act as their voice in public policy questions concerning exclusion rights (intellectual property) in data processing. The FFII operates the Nosoftwarepatents.com website.
28.06.2005, Michael Zeyen, PR + Communication, Zertificon Solutions GmbH
