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2009

17 March	EPO seeks to validate software patents without the European Parliament
13 January	EU Council deliberately obstructs access to ACTA documents

2008

12 December	Petition demands effective ban of software patents in Europe
1 December	FFII TIO Workgroup Releases Guidelines to Protect Freedom and Competition in the Cloud
10 November	EU Council refuses to release secret ACTA documents
3 November	FFII opposes stealth legislation, demands ACTA documents
2 September	September 24 Is World Day Against Software Patents
4 July	European Parliament rushes towards Soviet Internet
21 May	FFII calls for Open Standards adoption in E-government
13 May	McCreevy wants to legalise Software Patents via a US-EU patent treaty
7 April	Commission withholds key study on criminal measures from European Parliament
2 April	ISO captured by vendor Microsoft
19 February	EP Rapporteur wants to crack down on internet users

2007

11 December	Amazon patent fully revoked: skirmish victory for FFII
22 October	EU tells open source to start paying MS patent tax
17 October	Economist Critic of Software Patents gets Nobel Prize
1 October	France confirms its position against EPLA
1 October	FFII awards Microsoft "Best Campaigner against OOXML Standardization" prize
17 September	Microsoft will trump EU competition ruling with patents
5 September	OOXML fails to get approval, but ISO process continues
1 August	September double-strike for interoperability
27 June	FFII puts up a prize in fight against Microsoft Office standardisation
4 May	International speakers assemble to discuss the European Patent System
25 April	European Parliament Criminalises Businesses, Consumers, Innovators
24 April	Carte Blanche criminal law a threat to innovation
13 April	FFII announces major conference on future of European patent system
4 April	Single EU patent law good for US giants, bad for small EU firms
19 March	Criminal Sanctions Rapporteur fails to protect European industry
26 February	Zingaretti MEP stops colleagues from criminalising themselves
29 January	FFII opposes Fasttrack adoption of Microsoft OOXML format as ISO standard

2006

18 December	EP Member: confused consumers are dealers of stolen goods
14 December	EP Civil Liberties committee criminalises business conflicts
11 December	FFII President says current patent system not sustainable
29 November	Patent industry writes ICT task force report "on behalf of SMEs"
28 November	Patents out, business conflicts still criminalised
14 November	Eupaco Launch
27 October	Software Industry prepares for key UK patent ruling this Friday
12 October	European Parliament turns around EPLA resolution
28 September	IT Industry Association warns MEPs about dangers of proposed European patent courts
21 September	Commission unable to answer MEPs on Patent Litigation Agreement
12 July	FFII statement given at EU patent policy hearing
10 July	EPO dogmatic, short-sighted and power-hungry, says European Commission
10 July	Commission cheats European SMEs in patent consultation
4 July	SME associations call on Commission to fix ICT Task Force weaknesses
3 July	Dutch Parliament says No to European criminal law against IP violations
26 June	Internet standards process undermined by software patents
24 May	European Commission: EPO Case Law Not Binding - Software Not Patentable
12 May	EU Commission proposes to criminalise European software industry
4 April	FFII requests and gets consultation extension from EU Commission
22 March	FFII open letter calls for participation in Community Patent consultation
15 March	European Parliament rejects mutual patent recognition in the EU
8 March	Community Patent consultation procedure seriously flawed

2005

14 December	EU adopts Big Brother directive, ignores industry and civil society
12 December	FFII Asks MEPs to reject Big Brother directive
7 December	EU law-making process cracking under pressure
5 December	EU introducing "Big Brother" anti-privacy law, warns FFII
29 November	FFII a force for the future, says new president
8 July	Patent lobbyists "wasted millions, deny defeat" in EU software patent battle
6 July	European Parliament says no to software patents
5 July	Lehne, McCreevy, demonstrators with canoes
5 July	Patent lobby MEPs calling for rejection of the directive
5 July	CEA-PME calls on MEPs to support 21 cross-party amendments
4 July	SMEs call on European Parliament to protect them from software patents
1 July	European Parliament tables new software patent amendments for plenary
20 June	Economic-Majority supports Rocard JURI amendments
6 June	Patent administrators preempting parliaments in Council
23 May	June 1st Conference on Patent Policy Making
20 May	"SMEs, software, copyright and patents" event co-hosted by the EPO and the FFII on May 24th
28 April	FFII comments on rapporteur Rocard's software patents report
27 April	Spanish universities demonstrate against software patents
25 April	EICTA sends Microsoft to represent SMEs on software patents in EP

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