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» A Worldwide Fight Against Biopiracy and Patents on Life
   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 liv
   http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/pat-ch.htm

» 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.
   http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/1998/amn_98/edit0209.htm

» Against Patenting Lifeforms
   A spiritual argument against the patenting of life forms by biotech companies
   http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1995_11/msg00067.html

» End Software Patents
   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.
   http://endsoftpatents.org/

» European Anti-Software Patent Bribe Pledge Drive
   Promotes the idea of bribes to fight software patents.
   http://mjr.iki.fi/texts/patentfund

» Fortune Magazine Legal Pad: Ending software patents: Has the time come?
   Roger Parloff provides an overview of current issues surrounding the patentability of software implementations.
   http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/02/28/ending-software-patents-has-the-time-come/

» Internet Patent News
   Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce
   http://www.bustpatents.com/

» NoSoftwarePatents.com
   Campaign website against software patents in the EU. (Different languages)
   http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/

» Patent Absurdity
   Offers a free movie that explores the case of software patents and the history of judicial activism that led to their rise, and the harm being done to software developers and the wider economy.
   http://patentabsurdity.com/

» Protecting Information Innovation against the Abuse of the Patent System
   A documentation of software patents focusing on Europe, patent data, article reviews, and news.
   http://swpat.ffii.org/

» Red Hat: Old World and New World Software Patent Problems
   Press release describing a brief submitted European Patent Office, which explains that software patents hinder software innovation, and that there is a sound legal basis not to expand availability of such patents in Europe. Full brief available as PDF dow
   http://press.redhat.com/2009/04/30/old-world-and-new-world-software-patent-problems/

» Slashdot - Patents
   Featuring patent news, links and discussion.
   http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=155

» Software Patents Mailing List
   Mailing list discussions about the economic consequences of patents in the software industry.
   http://www.aful.org/wws/info/patents

» The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents
   Slideshow presentation exploring the implications of and criticizing software patents.
   http://gibuskro.lautre.net/patents/

» Vienna University - Intellectual Property Rights for the Rich and the Poor?
   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.
   http://www.wu.ac.at/usr/h99a/h9950236/iprs/