Unitary patent and software patents: a case study
In August, 2011, a Dutch court ruled that some Android smartphones violated a patent owned by Apple and therefore Glaxy S, S II and Ace smartphones were prohibited from being sold on the Dutch market...
View ArticleUnitary Patent: the debate will go on in secret
On November 22nd, 2011, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted for a mandate, allowing the rapporteurs on the proposal for a unitary patent to pursue negotiations with the...
View ArticleUnitary Patent: vote by European Parliament ITRE Committee
On November 23rd, 2011 the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) Committee of the European Parliament has given its opinion on the unitary patent, by voting in favour of the reports1 on the creation of...
View ArticleMembers of European Parliament ask Santa Claus for a unitary patent
Brussels, Tuesday December 20th, 2011. Press release. Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament have given a rubber stamp1 on an agreement, negotiated behind close...
View ArticleACTA : April writes to the ITRE and JURI committees of the European Parliament
On December 7th, 2011, April sent two letters to ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) and LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to make them aware...
View ArticleACTA signed by the Member States of the European Union
On December 18th 2011, the Member States of the European Union have signed the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). This signature was a mandatory step towards the adoption of the agreement, but...
View ArticleStop software patents now
Paris, May 16th 2012. Press release. The next Competitiveness Council will be held on May 30th and 31st 2012. François Hollande's government will be attending it for the first time1. April calls upon...
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Unitary Patent: Europe keeps burying its head in the sand
On May 30th, 2012, the Competitiveness Council of the European Union was expected to discuss the project of a unitary patent. Although the contents of the discussions are unknown, their result – a...
View ArticleOpen Letter to MEPs « Unitary patent - For a democratic innovation policy in...
On 28 June 2012, Lionel Allorge, president of April, wrote to all MEPs about the proposal for a regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection....
View ArticleThe European Parliament Avoids Disaster, But the Unitary Patent is not Saved Yet
Paris/Strasbourg, 2012, July 3rd. Press release. On Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th July 2012, the European parliament was due to debate and vote on the unitary patent. However, MEPs rebelled against the...
View ArticleA New Debate on the Unitary Patent: let's make it relevant!
On July 10th, 2012, the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament will discuss the unitary patent. Following the vote in Plenary Assembly on July 2nd, 2012, when the Parliament refused...
View ArticleUnitary Patent: European Parliament reinstall a democratic procedure. Let's...
On July 10th 2012, the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament has discussed about the unitary patent and how to proceed forward with the project. Following the postponement of the...
View ArticleGeneral mobilisation against the return of software patents in Europe
Paris, September 3rd, 2012. Press release. In the next few days, the legal affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament will discuss on the next actions regarding the project for a unitary...
View ArticleApril writes to Members of the JURI Committee of the European Parliament to...
On September 4th, 2012, April wrote to Members of the Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament to share our concerns regarding the unitary patent and the threat of software patents...
View ArticleCompanies get involved against software patents and the current proposal for...
April offers to companies to publicly declare their opposition to software patents, by signing a resolution asking to the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament to amend the regulation...
View ArticleAgainst software patents, 460 companies demand an improvement of the unitary...
On September, 13th, 2013, over 460 companies from all over Europe got involved to demand the improvement of the proposal for a unitary patent, following the call for action launched by April and by...
View ArticleUnitary Patent: discussions postponed in Parliament, let's stay involved!
Despite what was said in July, the issue of the Unitary Patent was not discussed by members of the legal affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament in its September meeting. The next Committee...
View ArticleThe Unitary Patent back in the European Parliament on October, 11th 2012
The October agenda of the Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament has been published. A discussion on the unitary parent is planned for the 11th of October, from 10:45 to 12:00. It...
View ArticleEuropean Court of Justice: a computer program's functionality is not subject...
On May 2, 2012, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) restated the mode of application of copyright to computer programs, in a very clear SAS vs WPL case. It repeated that a particular claimant cannot...
View ArticleLet's talk about the Unitary Patent: IRC meeting on October 8th, 12 PM GMT
On Monday, October 8th, 2012, let's meet on the April IRC channel ( #april on irc.freenode.net, accessible via webchat) to talk about the unitary patent. It will be an opportunity to ask all your...
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