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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
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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 li
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/pat-ch.htm
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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.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html
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Internet Patent News
Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce
http://www.bustpatents.com/
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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/
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Slashdot - Patents
Featuring patent news, links and discussion.
http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=155
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The Non-Patent Side of Software Patents
Slideshow presentation exploring the implications of and criticizing software patents.
http://gibuskro.lautre.net/patents/
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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-wien.ac.at/usr/h99a/h9950236/iprs/index.htm
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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
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Software Patents Mailing List
Mailing list discussions about the economic consequences of patents in the software industry.
http://www.aful.org/wws/info/patents
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