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<title>FSFE responds to EU consultation on patents |
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and standards</title> |
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<h1>FSFE responds to EU consultation on patents |
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and standard</h1> |
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<p>In order to push for a more enlightened policy |
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approach to managing innovation and knowledge, FSFE has <a href="/freesoftware/standards/20150213.EC-patents-standards-consultation.FSFEresponse.pdf">submitted a |
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response</a> [pdf] to an EU consultation on patents and standards. This is |
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the latest action in FSFE's ongoing work in promoting Open Standards.</p> |
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<p>The <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=7833">consultation</a>, run by the European Commission's |
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Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship |
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and SMEs, sought input from the public on the interaction of |
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standards and patents. In its response, FSFE focused mainly on how |
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patents on computer-implemented inventions negatively affect |
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competition and innovation in the software market.</p> |
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<p>We also highlighted that so-called "fair, reasonable and |
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non-discriminatory" (FRAND) licensing terms are in practice a grave |
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discrimination against Free Software programs. In many segments of |
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the software market, these programs are the most significant |
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competition to non-free offerings. FSFE recommends that standards |
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organisations instead implement the successful patent licensing |
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policies of the W3C and other bodies, and make the restriction-free |
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licensing of standard-essential patents mandatory.</p> |
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<tag key="european-commission">European Commission</tag> |
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