Why we are More Innovative without Software Patents

Testimonies from the Economic Majority

HÃ¥kon Wium Lie
HÃ¥kon Wium Lie
Opera Software
"Patents hamper innovation and interoperability on the World Wide Web" read more
Pierre Haren
Pierre Haren
Ilog
"European companies prefer pressure to improve constantly over risk of patent infringment." read more
Danny Fröberg
Danny Fröberg
Forest Star
"Patents are nails in the coffin for the VoIP telephony industry" read more
Marten Mickos
Marten Mickos
MySQL
"Software patents are not a good way to protect intellectual property" read more
Thomas Wünsche
Thomas Wünsche
EMS-Thomas Wünsche
"Softwareentwicklung in der Autoindustrie braucht Urheberrecht, nicht Patente." read more
Jan Hichert
Jan Hichert
Astaro
"There are hundreds of patents for firewalls that have been granted" read more
Terje Laugerud
Terje Laugerud
CIBER Europe
"Our 1200 consultants want to hand over solutions without liabilities." read more
Hauke Duden
Hauke Duden
Ashampoo
"Softwarepatente sind im Multimediabereich ein großes Problem" read more
Jean-Paul Smets
Jean-Paul Smets
Nexedi
"We need business method patents to pay less taxes." read more
Vincent Deffontaines
Vincent Deffontaines
INL
"Patent litigation would mean the end to young innovative companies like ours." read more
Sascha Frick
Sascha Frick
Empros
"Softwarepatente sind ein Albtraum im Bereich der Industrie-Automation" read more
Stéfane Fermigier
Stéfane Fermigier
Nuxeo
"Patents increase our costs by 30-50%, for the sole benefit of US competitors" read more
Jordi Fabra
Jordi Fabra
Intransys
"Software patents only leads to monopolies, bad and expensive software" read more
Wolfgang Wopperer
Wolfgang Wopperer
mindmatters
"Patente würden individuelle Software unmöglich machen" read more
Klaus Schmidinger
Klaus Schmidinger
CadSoft
"Softwarepatente ermöglichen es großen Firmen, mit kleineren umzuspringen, wie immer es ihnen gefällt" read more
Bert Bril
Bert Bril
dGB
"In many areas, straightforward advancement is simply blocked by disgustingly trivial patents" read more
Koen Martens
Koen Martens
Sonologic
"The choice is contracting locally with companies like mine or off-shoring to India" read more
Winfried Schäfer
Winfried Schäfer
Pentaprise GmbH (Zirndorf)
"Den Ansatz, Datenverarbeitung generell von der Patentierbarkeit auszuschliessen, halten wir für begrüßenswert" read more
Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
port GmbH
"Offene Lösungen nicht nicht mit jahrelangen Monopolen auf Quasistandards vereinbar" read more
Aiste Kesminaite
Aiste Kesminaite
POV
"Software patents will make us unable to provide benefit for the community" read more
Marco Schulze
Marco Schulze
Nightlabs
"Software should be protected as literary works" read more
Hanno Zulla
Hanno Zulla
epublica
"Softwarepatente machen die Software-Entwicklung zur Gefahrenzone." read more
Robert Virkus
Robert Virkus
Enough Software
"KMUs können es sich nicht leisten, langfristige Patentstreitigkeiten auszustehen, selbst wenn sie im Recht sind." read more
Tim Kuijsten
Tim Kuijsten
Netsend
"Software patents will cause more unnesessary overhead and slows down innovation." read more
Peer Heinlein
Peer Heinlein
Heinlein - Professional Linux Support GmbH
"Softwarepatente zwingen uns eigene Entwicklungen einzustellen" read more
Mathias Conradt
Mathias Conradt
SYSVISION GmbH
"Triviale Softwarepatente sind innovationshemmend für die gesamte Branche." read more
Pieter Hintjens
Pieter Hintjens
iMatix
"Software patents are expropriation" read more
Toni Müller
Toni Müller
Öko.neT
"From our point of view, patents will stifle development and render users stranded with inferior solutions." read more
Marek Kralewski
Marek Kralewski
tuxwerk.de
"Software patents would lead to 'no progress' for our customers." read more
Klaus Rambold
Klaus Rambold
MobiMedia AG
"Patente auf Software bewirken eine weitere Monopolisierung des Softwaremarkts" read more
Ian Lynch
Ian Lynch
IRL
"Software patents kill the incentive for entrepreneurs to innovate" read more
Stefan Pollmeier
Stefan Pollmeier
ESR Pollmeier
"Der Automatisierungsbranche drohen unumgehbare Monopole und geldverbrennende Nulsummenspiele." read more
Andrej Mertelj
Andrej Mertelj
Datalab
"The Council's directive draft is deterring our financiers" read more
Dr. Oswald Roemer
Dr. Oswald Roemer
pdv TAS GmBh
"Die Patentierung von Software-Ideen ist überflüssig." read more
Brad Richards
Brad Richards
Kraan and Richards
"Most software patents are for techniques that are obvious to any competent programmer" read more
Toby Churchill
Toby Churchill
Toby Churchill Ltd
"We oppose software patenting" read more
Carsten Rasmussen
Carsten Rasmussen
Silicide ApS
"Software patents also affect hardware design companies" read more
Julian Coccia
Julian Coccia
CISL Gruppen AB
"Software patents would increase the development costs of new products" read more
Dirk Hillbrecht
Dirk Hillbrecht
cantamen GmbH
"Der Direktivenentwurf des Rats schafft keinerlei Vorteile, sondern fundamentale Unsicherheiten" read more
Sebastian Keseling
Sebastian Keseling
Sebastian Keseling Software
"Kleine Unternehmen sind nicht finanzkräftig genug, um lange Patentstreitigkeiten vor Gericht auszutragen." read more
Dominik Pesch
Dominik Pesch
11com7
design & media GmbH
"Kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU), darunter auch 11com7, werden durch Softwarepatente in ihrer Existenz gefährdet." read more
Johannes Sommer
Johannes Sommer
SOMMER COMMUNICATION
"Die Haftungsrisiken sind bei Patentverletzungen derart gravierend, dass wir uns bis auf weiteres auf Beratungs- und Contentdienstleistungen konzentrieren werden." read more
Silvan Rehberger
Silvan Rehberger
youngbrain: GmbH
"Softwarepatente sind Denkverbote" read more
Stefan Richter
Stefan Richter
freiheit.com technologies gmbh
"Software-Patente bieten Verwertungsgesellschaften und Großunternehmen die Möglichkeit, kleine innovative Firmen mit unfairen Mitteln aus dem Markt zu drängen" read more
Laszlo Mihalka
Laszlo Mihalka
Data Minings Mihalka
"Mein Unternehmen benötigt bezahlbare Softwareprodukte von kleinen Unternehmen" read more
Ralf Stiegelmeier
Ralf Stiegelmeier
IXOPEN Technology
"One court process is enough to force us to close our business" read more
József Hontvári
József Hontvári
Solware IT Ltd.
"A bigger company could easily bankrupt us purely by fictitious accusations" read more
Björn Eggstein
Björn Eggstein
combit GmbH
"Garantien des Urheberrechts gefährdet" read more
Ashant Chalasani
Ashant Chalasani
Wapsol GmbH
"No patents - more innovative freedom" read more
Harald Schumacher
Harald Schumacher
ABC-System GmbH
"Softwarepatente würden unsere Arbeit von 10 Jahren vernichten" read more
Paul Brown
Paul Brown
Linux New Media
"In the long run, the whole IT area would suffer" read more
Philippe Loeve
Philippe Loeve
STEM
"Any suspicion of patent infringement could kill a small company" read more
Francesc Altet
Francesc Altet
Carabos Coop.
"We say NO to software patents!" read more
Alexander Boukouris
Alexander Boukouris
Plasma Computers Ltd.
"Software Patents, are going to eliminate small and medium size companies. It would be a disaster for the upcoming Greek Electronic Business." read more
Marcell Gal
Marcell Gal
XDSL Ltd Hungary
"Given the sheer number of trivial and meaningless patents already granted (illegally) by the EPO, avoiding infringement is likely impossible even for the simplest products" read more
Eduardo Diaz Comellas
Eduardo Diaz Comellas
Ultreia Comunicaciones
"Software patents will make our business too risky to continue" read more
Alejandro Bonet
Alejandro Bonet
Bable Informatica S.L.
"Do not write a law just for one person" read more
Olivier Ishacian
Olivier Ishacian
Pixware
"If software patents are voted in Europe, we will stop developing and selling software products." read more
Ansgar H. Licher
Ansgar H. Licher
LWsystems GbR
"No softwarepatents, more jobs, more opportunities, more variety, more security" read more
Jorge Arcas
Jorge Arcas
Warp Networks S.L.
"Software patents are yet another tool for big companies to kill small ones" read more
Matthias Urlichs
Matthias Urlichs
noris network AG
"Risiken von Softwarepatente sind nicht kalkulierbar" read more
Hans-Jürgen Stüber
Hans-Jürgen Stüber
pitcom GmbH
"Softwarepatente bedrohen Innovation und Arbeitsplätze" read more
Cor Nouws
Cor Nouws
Nou&Off
"Less innovation, less competition, more risk." read more
Rafael Martín<br/> de Agar Tirado
Rafael Martín
de Agar Tirado
Emergya Consultoría
"We would be in real trouble if software patents existed." read more
Bruno Berthelet
Bruno Berthelet
Hasgard
"We request that our MEPs radically refuse the Council's proposal." read more
Ivan Havlicek
Ivan Havlicek
Modulix
"It is essential that members of Parliament return to the version of the bill which was adopted on first reading." read more
Roberto Bonino
Roberto Bonino
Adance
"Extending patents to software will protect large marketing investments rather than innovation" read more
Heike Manns
Heike Manns
Manns, Dölle & Partner GbR
"Patente sind die Waffen juristischer Wegelagerer" read more
Jörg F. Wittenberger
Jörg F. Wittenberger
Softeyes GmbH
"Softwarepatente sind eine Herausforderung für unser Rechtsverständnis" read more
Andreas Koch
Andreas Koch
IWUD GmbH
"Softwarepatente behindern Ingenieurbüros - nicht nur im IT-Sektor" read more
Achim Below
Achim Below
Mare Personal
"Software patents would limit employment" read more
Ernesto Revilla
Ernesto Revilla
SICEm
"SMEs, like the ours, will have to walk through mined fields" read more
Michael Kay
Michael Kay
Saxonica Ltd.
"Software patents are the biggest risk to my business - such a big risk that no insurance company will offer me cover." read more
François GILBERT
François GILBERT
Sciences Com'
"Our teaching engineering and our projects of development depend on Free Software, directly threatened by the software patents directive" read more
Gerard Vanderveken
Gerard Vanderveken
Ghia bvba
"Patents will be a roadblock to the expansion of our sector" read more

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