<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><br><div>End Software Patents director Ciaran O'Riordan, reports that the<br>campaign wiki at <a href="http://en.swpat.org">en.swpat.org</a> has been growing in size and quality and<br>is seeking contributors. The goal is to collect and organize all the<br>information relevant to educating people about software patents.<br><br><a href="http://en.swpat.org/">http://en.swpat.org/</a><br><br>Join the ESP mailing list:<br>http://campaigns.fsf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/esp-action-alert<br><br>Legislative change is being discussed or being prepared in these countries:<br><br>http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Australia<br>http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Israel<br>http://en.swpat.org/wiki/New_Zealand<br><br>Action is needed. A mailing list has recently be set up for each:<br>http://lists.endsoftwarepatents.org/mailman/listinfo/<br><br>In the European Union, a worrying proposal from the EPO got canceled,<br>but there's still a current danger via the proposed UPLS patent court:<br>http://en.swpat.org/wiki/EPO_EBoA_referral_G3-08<br>http://en.swpat.org/wiki/United_Patent_Litigation_System<br><br><br>Other News:<br><br>1) Who should see the documentary film Patent Absurdity?<br><br>The End Software Patents campaign is looking to identify 200 people who<br>are most influential to the software patent debate in the US, and are<br>working with the well known venture capitalist and anti-software patent<br>blogger Brad Feld to send a copy of the documentary film to them in the<br>postal mail.<br><br>http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2010/05/innovating-against-software-patents.html<br><br>We are looking for your help to identify:<br><br>* Corporate leaders influential to the patent debate<br>* Standards bodies representatives (ISO? AINSI? W3C?)<br>* Organization representatives that support small businesses<br>* Influential journalists<br>* Academics/professors working in this field<br><br>http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Who_should_see_Patent_Absurdity<br><br><br>2) Tonight (8pm EST) is also movie night at the Firedoglake Book Salon<br>website where you can chat with Ciaran O'Riordan and Patent Absurdity<br>director Luca Lucarini about the movie and next steps in the the fight<br>against software patents.<br><br>http://fdlbooksalon.com/<br><br><br>3) No ruling from the Supreme Court today in Bilski v. Kappos. A case<br>that is likely to have profound implications for patenting of software<br>in the US. Today was one of only six remaining dates favored for the<br>release of that ruling. The ruling is expected no later than the end June.<br><br>http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Bilski_v._Kappos_(2010,_USA)<br><br><br>Thanks<br><br>peter<br><br><br>-- <br>Peter Brown<br>Executive Director<br>Free Software Foundation<br>51 Franklin St. 5th Floor<br>Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>