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Patents for Surgical/Medical Procedures: A Call for Legislative Prohibition - An executive summary of the position of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Opthalmic Administrators against patents for surgical and medical procedures. AMNews: Unlocking innovation - Patents on procedures hurt patients - The American Medical Association opposes patents on medical procedures. Here is one of their articles on the issue. freepatents.org - This Web site is dedicated to the protection of innovation, competition and open source software against the use and abuse of software patents. A great many articles by world economic leaders against software patents. Why Open Source is Winning - An article which says open source is successful because it places software development in the hands of the individuals, not some megacorp with intellectual monopoly grants (patents). Against Patenting Lifeforms - A spiritual argument against the patenting of life forms by biotech companies GreenPeace Opposition to European Life Patents - Press release highlighting opposition to specific patents and refutation of patent claims. Negative Correlation of Innovation and Software Patents - This is part of the League for Programming Freedom's submission to the Patent Office, January 25, 1994. It shows evidence that patents hurt even the companies which get them. Oracle Corporation - Patent Policy - This is a press release by Oracle, the database giant, AGAINST the copyrighting of software. Preparing for the intellectual-property offensive - Making sure that free software developers have access to the latest technology patents may well be the next great battle for the Linux community. In the interest of spurring debate on how best to ensure that free software developers have access to patented technology, Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens suggests a number of tactics and strategies to consider. Autodesk Statement - Autodesk, the makers of a very popular animation program, have issued this statement against software patents. Adobe Testimony - Transcript of the testimony by Douglas Brotz, an Adobe Principal Scientist, wherein Adobe officially establishes its opposition to software patents. A Worldwide Fight Against Biopiracy and Patents on Life - There is growing worldwide opposition to the granting of patents on biological materials such as genes, plants, animals and humans. 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. Boycott Amazon! - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) - The biggest software organization in the world calls for a boycott of Amazon for its predatory, monopolistic attempts to control basic web ideas. Internet Patent News - Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce PanIP Defendants - Legal defense group opposing efforts by Pangea Intellectual Properties (PanIP) to sue e-commerce sites.
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