'Save Europe from Software Patents', Urges Nonprofit FFII

guest · Dec 12, 2020

FFII call on donations against Unitary Software Patent Trolls after disastrous Bundestag vote
November 28, 2020
https://ffii.org/bundestag-vote-for...ts-ffii-call-on-software-companies-to-donate/

Berlin-Brussels, 26 nov 2020 — The Bundestag has voted today on the Unitary Patent, the third attempt to validate software patents in Europe.

FFII is calling on software companies all over Europe and the free and open source (FLOSS) community to urgently donate to crowdfund a constitutional complaint, as the UPC will promote patent trolls and job destruction, without the possibility for the CJEU to have a say in patent law. Only Constitutional Courts can save us from the UPC and its Patent Trolls.

The UPC will increase the cost for a simple court case, that’s why other countries like Poland or Czech Republic who have properly procured “impact analysis” have rejected the UPC for their SMEs.
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FFII is now calling on its supporting companies and on the open source community to donate to crowdfund a Constitutional Complaint in Karlsruhe. Stopping the UPC in Germany will be enough to kill the UPC for the whole Europe.
Next steps are a vote in the Bundesrat, according to Stjerna’s blogpost
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Status of the UPCA ratification proceedings in Germany (12/12/2016, latest update on 11/12/2020)

Update (25 and 26/11/, 01 and 11/12/2020):
On 07/08/2020, the German government started its second attempt to ratify the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and sent its corresponding draft legislation to the Federal Council (“Bundesrat”; Federal Council printed matter 448/20, German language).
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On 26/11/2020, the German Parliament held its second and third deliberations on the draft law and adopted it by a qualified majority (cf. the protocol, German language).

The Federal Council is to take a final decision on the draft legislation in its 998th session on 18/12/2020 (cf. item 10 on the agenda, German language). The Legal Committee of the Federal Council has recommended its adoption (cf. p. 43 of the explanations on the agenda, German language).
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