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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.
www.wu-wien.ac.at/

CAMBIA Intellectual Property Resource
Organization devoted to international agriculture and health sciences. Offers patent search, biotechnology white papers, and tutorials.
www.cambiaip.org/

Preparing for the Intellectual-Property Offensive
In the interest of ensuring that free software developers having access to patented technology, Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens suggests a number of tactics and strategies to consider.
www.linuxworld.com/

Intellectual Property Law Server
Answers to frequently asked questions about patents, copyrights, and trademarks, from the law firm of Oppedahl & Larson.
www.patents.com/

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 living things.
www.twnside.org.sg/

Negative Correlation of Innovation and Software Patents
This is part of the League for Programming Freedom's submission to the Patent Office, January 25, 1994. It shows evidence that patents hurt even the companies which get them.
www.base.com/

Catalan Linux Users - Analysis of the Directive for Software Patents
Analysis of the report to the European Parliament on the directive for software patents.
patents.caliu.info/

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.
www.ama-assn.org/

HowStuffWorks: How Patents Work
Easy to read illustrated narrative that provides basic information on patents, what they are, how they work and how an inventor goes about getting one.
www.howstuffworks.com/

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